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NEWS of the WEEK by BLANCA GARCIA , KEITH HAMM, TYLER HAYDEN @TylerHayden1, NICK WELSH, and JEAN YAMAMURA, with INDEPENDENT STAFF

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New Rules After Scooter Freakouts T

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he rapidly evolving industry of sharedmobility devices — such as rental scooters and bicycles — was briefly praised at last week’s Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors hearing as a state-of-the-art field of alternative transportation. But the devices themselves, namely scooters, were described as highly controversial nuisances at best, and threats to public safety at worst. In Isla Vista, for example, where privately operated bike and scooter programs by Bird and Lime were rolled out earlier this year, ditched scooters regularly block sidewalks, ADA access, and fire hydrants, and sometimes end up in trees or thrown into the ocean, according to testimony by Rodney Gould, a 40-year resident of Isla Vista, who spoke as a private citizen and not on behalf of the community’s parks district, where he serves as general manager. “Isla Vista sidewalks are in total chaos,” Gould said. “These companies have come in … with zero consideration to public safety or the residents who are not their targeted customer base. [I don’t] ever see this working in Isla Vista.” Outgoing Supervisor Janet Wolf, heeding complaints from her residential constituents mainly in the eastern Goleta Valley, echoed Gould’s sentiments. She recommended an outright ban — or at least confining scooter

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ALL IN A ROW: While these scooters are upright, oftentimes they’re found scattered and blocking sidewalks.

pickup and drop-off locations to commercially zoned areas — to allow county regulators a chance to catch up with the mass scooter deployments common to the burgeoning cottage industry across the state. For now, with the county’s new ordinance going into effect last week, companies will need to apply for newly required permits. At the same time, the county aims to ramp up enforcement, gather data, and work with

other agencies countywide if it’s determined that rules and regulations ought to be more homogenous on a regional scale. Of the new and evolving transportation trend, Supervisor Das Williams said, “We don’t know the best way to regulate it,” adding that it holds the potential to get people out of their cars more often and to link train commuters from depots to their final destinations and —Keith Hamm back.

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dam Bros. Farming is recalling red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, and cauliflower harvested November 27-30 after sediment from the farm’s reservoir tested positive for E. coli. The farm, owned and operated by 4th District County Supervisor Peter Adam and his brothers, Dominic, Kieran, and Richard, was identified as one of the sources for the romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak announced last month. As of this week, the outbreak has left 59 people ill across 15 states. The Santa Maria farm was identified as a potential contaminator after a “traceback” investigation was conducted November 27 by officials with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A sediment sample taken from the property’s reservoir tested positive for E. coli that genetically matched the outbreak strain, they said. “E. coli is currently in the water or was previously, and it could get back in the water if the sediment is disturbed,” according to a CDC spokesperson. The Adams’ farm has not shipped romaine lettuce since November 20, and it is recalling additional produce that may have been in contact with the reservoir. Adam Bros. is cooperating with the ongoing investigation

WHEN GREENS GO BAD: Supervisor Peter Adam looks over a crop of lettuce at his farm, which health officials say contributed to the recent E. coli outbreak.

to determine how the water is being used and how E. coli ended up in the sediment, the FDA said. “The Adam Bros. Farming, Inc. feels a strong commitment to its customers and has worked for years to provide a safe and healthy food supply,” the company said in a prepared statement. While the Santa Maria operation contributed to the outbreak, it likely did not cause all of the illnesses, said the FDA. “Our traceback

work suggests that additional romaine lettuce shipped from other farms could also likely be implicated in the outbreak,” wrote the FDA in a statement. The FDA recommends not purchasing or consuming romaine lettuce harvested in Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Barbara counties. Romaine lettuce should be labeled with its harvest location. If that information is not available, consumers should not eat it, officials warned. —Blanca Garcia

Now that the controversial 40 “tiny homes” emergency homeless shelter development proposed for the commuter parking lot by Carrillo and Castillo streets has been yanked from consideration, the powers that be are seeking to cobble together a scaled-back project that will cost significantly less but will provide some of the same services. Using emergency state funds focusing on the most vulnerable and chronically homeless, the City of Santa Barbara is proposing to spend $2 million over the next 30 months. Of that, Cottage Health will get $717,000 to provide a nurse practitioner, who will accompany a police officer assigned to the “restorative” homeless detail, as well as a staff “site navigator” to help connect individuals to existing services. The $873,000 to CityNet will fund five positions dedicated to an aggressive brand of street outreach. Police will receive $410,000 for enhanced operations.

ARTS Santa Barbara’s Lucidity Festival — a “transformational” arts and electronic music festival held in early April the last seven years at Live Oak campground — won the award for “most familyfriendly” at an international festivals exhibition held in Las Vegas. Festival organizer Jonah Haas said the award validates Lucidity’s efforts that have gone into creating safe spaces for young kids and teens. Last year, he said about 400 kids attended the three-day event. Unlike most music festivals, no beer, wine, or alcohol is sold, though there’s no shortage of elixir bars and teahouses. With its electronic music and rave vibe, Lucidity often finds itself shoe-horned into psychedelic stereotypes. “People who show up for the first time will find we’re a little bit like what they thought,” Haas said, “but very different from what they expected.”

COUNTY The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on 12/11 to streamline the process for building farmworker housing on agricultural land in the unincorporated areas of Santa Barbara County by amending the land-use and development codes. The supervisors have been exploring the issue the last couple of months as the number of H2A visa farmworkers has grown exponentially within the county the last several years. H2A workers are foreign nationals brought in for seasonal work. Employers are required to house these workers. More than 2,600 H2A workers were employed in the county in 2018.

BUSINESS Carpinteria’s Procore Technologies completed a round of financing that raised $75 million, the software company announced on Thursday, giving it a valuation of $3 billion. The company, which has more than 1,300 employees in 12 offices globally, provides the construction industry with cloudbased management software that allows a project team to share and manipulate large bytes of information with less-klutzy file-transfer protocols. CONT’D ON PAGE 13 

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WHO’S ACCOUNTABLE? Multiple victims’ families have filed wrongful-death lawsuits against Southern California Edison, whose equipment is alleged to have sparked the Thomas Fire that set the stage for the debris flow. Their attorneys say that while the County of Santa Barbara may very well be liable for the deaths, government immunity laws make successful litigation almost impossible.

Hard Lessons

Study Reveals Debris-Flow Warning Failures by Tyler Hayden he final results of a study that measured the effectiveness of public warnings issued before the deadly 1/9 Debris Flow have confirmed what many in Montecito already knew — that the communications and evacuation notices they received from emergency managers were woefully inadequate in alerting them to the extreme danger they faced. The study comprised a large community survey administered since May by the National Weather Service in partnership with the University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Public Safety. Researches received 404 responses from Montecito area residents ranging in age from teens to the retired. The vast majority—90 percent—had registered with the County of Santa Barbara’s Aware & Prepare alert system prior to the debris flow. Fiftythree percent of respondents lived in what officials at the time defined as the “voluntary evacuation zone,” the area of Montecito south of Highway 192 where 19 of the disaster’s 23 victims were killed. Twenty-two percent lived in the mandatory evacuation area, and the remaining 25 percent said they were unsure in which zone they lived. Respondents described being confused by the conflicting maps and written descriptions of the two evacuation areas provided by the County’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM), which differed from the regions along creek channels that officials also said were at risk. Residents said they were similarly confused by the term “debris flow,” the language used to describe the intensity of a storm that could trigger one, and the ambiguous cell phone alert they received in the midst of the chaos to “GO TO HIGH GROUND.” Eighty-three percent said they knew about the expected rainstorm; 62 percent had heard about the possibility of a debris flow. The survey asked people who remained home despite the warnings why they

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chose not to evacuate. The most common response was evacuation fatigue brought on by the multiple prior evacuations ordered during the Thomas Fire; seventy-five percent said they left during the fire, while only 28 percent did before the debris flow. Those who lived through the big 1969 storm that caked Montecito in heavy mud were more likely to leave, the results showed. Sheriff Bill Brown has been criticized within his ranks for potentially contributing to the community fatigue by bucking the recommendations of incident commanders and waiting three days after the Thomas Fire danger had subsided to repopulate Montecito. The next most common answer given for not evacuating was the false sense of security offered by the OEM’s description of the voluntary evacuation zone, which told residents to “stay alert to changing conditions and be prepared to leave immediately.” Many said they packed their cars and watched the weather only to have earth and rock crash through their homes with little to no warning. Authorities also never informed residents that they shouldn’t rely on rainfall intensity over their homes to gauge the ferocity of the storm in the mountains, where debris flows originate. Brown was rebuked by surviving family members shortly after the disaster when he said victims had “misinterpreted” their level of safety. County and National Weather Service officials say they are using the results of the study and another conducted by Santa Barbara’s public-safety agencies to refine their messaging and better prepare the public for the next incident. Major changes have already been made to the way OEM describes and notices evacuations, including its new Ready, Set, Go initiative, which provides a timeline of how and when alerts are broadcast. The county also recently completed an After-Action Report that identifies lessons learned and areas for improvement. CONT’D ON PAGE 13 

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Council Not Playing with Full Deck

ith Gregg Hart’s departure from the Santa Barbara City Council after his election to the county board of supervisors, the city’s elected governing body now finds itself operating without a full deck once again. For the first six months of this year, the council stumbled along with only six members—a full council has seven.

The appointment process already promises to be exceedingly competitive. In that instance, the vacancy was created when councilmember Cathy Murillo was elected mayor and it took seven months before Oscar Gutierrez, her successor representing the Westside district, was elected and sworn in. During that time, the council—riven by personality disputes as much as ideological differences — found itself occasionally stalemated on key policy issues. The current vacancy for District 6 — which ranges from Oak Park to Haley Street along the downtown corridor — will be resolved much sooner via council appointment on February 12, 2019, as opposed to special election. The appointment process

already promises to be exceedingly competitive, with at least two prominent political progressives getting ready for a showdown and several other lesser-known personalities also considering a run. Gina Fischer—a well-known campaign operative who has worked on behalf of many Democratic and women’s issues — has made clear her intentions to run for more than eight months now. Fischer works for 3rd District Supervisor Joan Hartmann but said she would step down to serve. Competing for the council appointment is former councilmember Grant House, who served eight years on the council —term limits forced him off four years ago—and eight years before that on the Planning Commission. Both House and Fischer command loyal supporters, and for the Democratic Party, it could prove a tough choice. Also mentioned as possible contenders are Stephanie Armstrong, second in command at the Chamber of Commerce; Frank Peters, a onetime Orange County businessperson and born-again cycling advocate; and Brittany Heaton, a county public-works employee who chairs the Neighborhood Advisory Council. Applications for the appointment are due January 9, 2019. The selection is slated to take place February 12. — Nick Welsh

t’s not who we are, not what we do,” said Just Communities Executive Director Jarrod Schwartz about allegations in a new lawsuit that claims the diversity and leadership group’s curriculum is “overtly and intentionally anti-Caucasian, anti-male, and anti-Christian.” “The work is not about blame or guilt,” said Schwartz. “We’re very intentional about not saying people are oppressors. It’s systems that are Jarrod Schwartz, Just Communities executive director unequal.” Parents and members of Fair Education, tricts and organizations, to minimize disa pending 501(c)(3), disagree. The group crimination and prejudice in all its forms,” filed a federal court suit against Just Com- said SBUSD spokesperson Lauren Bianchi munities and the Santa Barbara Unified Klemann. School District (SBUSD) on December 10, It’s not unusual for Just Communities claiming intentional discrimination on the to not publicly publish their content, said basis of race, ethnicity, religion, and sex. Klemann. “We don’t publicize our curricuAccording to Chair James Fenkner, the lum, much less that of a third party.” Just group formed roughly two months ago. Communities will not be releasing its work Fenkner has not participated in any Just online, said Schwartz. He expressed conCommunities workshops, but he says he cern that people might take the information knows two people who have. “I’ve seen a out of context and use the material in the lot of things about [it],” said Fenkner, who’s classroom without training. Just Communities will run a series of called on Just Communities to publicize its Parent Equity Workshops starting Janucurriculum. “I’m hyper-concerned.” SBUSD has responded to the complaint ary 17, 2019, that will be free and open to all by standing by its education partner. “Just Santa Barbara parents. The organization is Communities has a long and enviable track also holding a Social Equity Summit open record of working with staff on a voluntary to the public for a fee of $75 on January 24. basis, in Santa Barbara and other school dis— Blanca Garcia

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ore than 100 volunteers fanned out across Montecito Saturday morning, December 15, to deliver evacuation and disaster-preparedness information to residents living on properties deemed at risk for flooding and debris flows this rainy season. The door-to-door outreach was orchestrated by Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue and helped emergency responders make good on their “promise to hand deliver information to community members” after the release of updated flood and debris-flow maps earlier this NEW BOUNDARIES: Montecito’s updated debrisflow evacuation map year, according to Division Chief Kevin Taylor with the Montecito Fire Protection regarding emergency preparedness. If a District. resident was not home or didn’t answer the After a 9 a.m. sign-up and briefing at door, volunteers would hang the totes on the Montecito Union School, groups of three to front door or mailbox. four volunteers were given neighborhood Volunteers reached more than 1,300 assignments, where they went door-to- addresses in less than three hours. Along door throughout “red zones.” These par- the way, they tracked their progress with a cels — mostly along creeks and low-lying smartphone app, dropping time-coded pins areas prone to flooding — will be under at each completed property. Nelson Trichler mandatory evacuation ahead of intense with County Search and Rescue explained rainstorms, according to an updated map that the data would help his teams have a recently released by the county’s Office of firmer grasp of how long it would take to Emergency Management (OEM). That map make similar neighborhood sweeps in an can be viewed at readysbc.org. actual emergency. The outreach was also During the door-knock canvassing, if a performed in Carpinteria on December 9, resident was home, volunteers would recite drawing roughly 60 volunteers. Joining the a short script about the outreach effort and coordinated effort were the Santa Barbara hand over a small tote filled with pamphlets Bucket Brigade, the Montecito Emergency — in English and Spanish — about storm Response and Recovery Action Group readiness, the county’s Aware & Prepare (MERRAG), and Habitat for Humanity. notification system, and other information —Keith Hamm

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hen a Texas judge ruled the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was unconstitutional last week, the ruling was not unexpected, but the sheer sweep of the decision was. That ruling — backed by the governors of 20 states — has two significant hurdles to clear before it can take effect. One is the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; the other is the Supreme Court, on which five of the justices who’ve twice before affirmed the ACA as law still sit. In the meantime, Santa Barbara’s congressmember, Salud Carbajal — who has campaigned in favor of the ACA — pledged to fight to uphold the bill. “This administration has sought to undermine the ACA at every turn,” he said, “and has worked diligently to make care more expensive for thousands of families on the Central Coast.” As of March 2018, Santa Barbara

County had 16,410 individuals signed up for insurance through Covered California, the statewide portal for the ACA. Of those, 15,060 received federal subsidies to help them make their insurance payments. California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra — one of Carbajal’s political mentors — has vowed to fight through the courts on behalf of the ACA. Bob Freeman, CEO for CenCal Health, the largest public insurance entity on the Central Coast, declined to discuss the ramifications of repeal, which, among other things, would remove protections for people with preexisting conditions. “My first thought would be not to panic or otherwise get ahead of ourselves,” he stated. Currently, Blue Shield is the only insurance provider selling ACA policies in Santa Bar—Nick Welsh bara County.

NEWS BRIEFS CONT’D FROM P. 9 After announcing in August that it was putting itself up for sale, Belmond, the upscale hotel company whose portfolio includes El Encanto in the Riviera, is being purchased by LVMH, the ritzy French company that owns Luis Vuitton, Moët, and Hennessy brands. LVMH will pay $2.6 billion for Belmond, formerly called Orient Express. After acquiring the property from a private owner, Belmond shut down and embarked on a massive reconstruction of the iconic El Encanto property, which once hosted President Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Kennedy Jr. and reopened in 2013.

LAW & DISORDER Multiple sources confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted a targeted enforcement action the morning of 12/12 that detained at least one person. The individual was picked up on Santa Barbara’s Westside near the corner of San Pascual and Arrellaga streets and is reported to have a criminal history and prior deportation order. A message alerting residents to ICE’s presence in the county was sent out by community members at 10:10 a.m. Some

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In the year since the disaster, family and friends of the 23 victims have quietly seethed over the communication failures outlined in the survey. They’ve also pointedly questioned why local authorities drew an east-west evacuation boundary along Highway 192 when they were told by state scientists that the predicted debris flow would very likely travel along the north-west gulleys of creeks and might flow well below the 192. Outrage over these issues has been channeled into multiple wrongful-death lawsuits, not against Santa Barbara County, but against Southern California Edison, whose electrical equipment is alleged to have triggered the Thomas Fire that set the stage for the debris flow.

The prevailing legal wisdom among attorneys representing the Montecito families, who spoke only on background due to the pending litigation, is that the county, while potentially liable, is so well-shielded from civil actions by government immunity laws that succeeding in a lawsuit against it would be nearly impossible. Public utilities do not enjoy the same protections. The multiple wrongful-death cases have been consolidated into a single, massive class-action complaint against Edison that includes claims by Ventura homeowners, insurance companies, and hundreds of other plaintiffs impacted by the Thomas Fire. The case is in its early stages, and no future hearing dates have n been set.

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HIT THE TRAIL: It’s been too much fun hating on Ryan Zinke, Donald Trump’s recently forced-out Secretary of the Interior and a peripatetic Mesa rat. Zinke stepped down amid an eruption of alleged ethical scandals, which, real or imagined, would have been excruciatingly explored by the new Democratic majority. Cocky, swaggering, and insufferably self-enraptured, Zinke went out swinging. When Raúl Grijalva —the ranking Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee—recently called for Zinke’s resignation, Zinke tweeted back it must be hard for Grijalva “to think straight from the bottom of a bottle.” Grijalva, for the record, was hit by the incoming tweet while parked on a barstool at his favorite D.C. watering hole, the Tune Inn. Whether it’s optics or ethics, Zinke’s have been uniformly awful. He famously rode his horse to work on Day One. Tellingly, his cowboy hat was screwed on backward. Zinke had a special flag installed at the Department of Interior; when he was on premises, the flag was hoisted; when he left, it came down. Zinke, undeniably, was charming, charismatic, and cutthroat. The question remains whether he is also corrupt. Yes, he and his wife partnered with the CEO of Halliburton —the largest oil-supply company in the world — in a sweetheart real-estate development project slated for his hometown of Whitefish, Montana. Turns out,

Zinke was going to get a new microbrewery out of the arrangement in exchange for “donating” a few parking spaces from a nonprofit he started on behalf of veterans. As a conflict of interest, it couldn’t be more obvious. The person in charge of all onshore and offshore oil and gas drilling on public lands — Zinke — should never be entwined with a major petro-potentate. Personally, I think Zinke’s stupid but clean. He did not need bribes to give away

the national treasure to the likes of Halliburton. He’d have done it for nothing. Zinke was a true believer when it came the United States’ “energy dominance.” Phrases like that helped Zinke get under the skins of pointy-headed Prius drivers. Aside from that, he didn’t get much accomplished. Sure, he “opened up” all federal offshore oil leases to new oil-industry bidding; but given the multiplicity of state safeguards, no oil company would bother. The real danger in hating the likes of Zinke is that doing so allows us to feel so good about doing so little. This was made manifest at the county supervisors’ meeting last week, when pretty much everyone was shocked to hear Santa Barbara’s greenhouse-gas emissions were 29 percent higher than where they should be by 2020. By 2020, our emissions are supposed to drop 15 percent below what they were in 2007. Last year, it turns out,

they were 14 percent higher than 2007 levels. For the so-called birthplace of the Environmental Movement, that’s a deal killer. “How can that be?” supervisors wailed. Supervisor Das Williams suggested the “poseur” theory of environmentalism. We all talk a good game, but little more. Williams repeatedly blurted out the initials “VMT.” That stands for vehicle miles traveled, and we’re doing more of it to trigger a 12 percent increase in our metric tonnage of carbon dioxide emissions. There were other contributors. Since the drought, farmers have nearly tripled their use of fertilizers, which emit GHGs—even while reducing the acreage under cultivation by five percent. For reasons not understood, we’re using far more natural gas to heat existing buildings. But by far the most GHGs come from our VMTs —46 percent—so that’s serious. Williams blamed all the people driving to and from work alone. Visually, he said, they make up 97 percent of the cars on the road. (The experts, I think, put it at 72 percent.) This, he said, goes to the whole jobs/housing imbalance, in which 12,000 Venturans a day drive to and from their jobs in Santa Barbara. It’s been because of that flow of frustrated and infuriated drivers that we are spending $600 million to $800 million to widen Highway 101. After last week’s supervisors meeting, I got two calls from critics of that project, charging that the wider freeway will only

According to the environmental impact report for that project, carbon dioxide emissions will nearly double between 2009 and 2040 if the freeway is widened—from 4,700 tons a year to 8,000. By contrast, the same environmental document suggests that if the project were not built, GHGs would go up but by a lot less, from 4,700 to 6,500. That’s a difference of almost 1,300 tons a year. That sounds like a lot, and it is. But coincidentally, it’s also how much the planet generates every second of every day. To be fair—if confusing— Caltrans has since generated other numbers that contradict the numbers included in the project EIR. In a grant application to the state Transportation Commission last year, Caltrans stated that emission along the widened stretch of Highway 101 would decrease — not increase

— by 481,000 tons over the next 20 years.

Translated, that’s almost as much as all cars on the freeway generate in a given year, or a net reduction of about 24,000 tons a year. It’s puzzling that the same state agency could release such dramatically opposing statistics on the same project in such a short period of time. The new numbers are said to reflect the role of electric cars. It will be nice not having Ryan Zinke to kick around anymore. But clearly the back-

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Senate President Kevin de León’s intraparty challenge of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, a doomed-from-the-start bid in which he embarrassed himself by caterwauling and kvetching weakly as DiFi played a crucial role in D.C. dramas, and he finished with a tarnished political brand.

REGIONAL RUMBLE WINNER: Bay Area. San Francisco expanded its claim as the political heart of California, with soon-to-be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, U.S. senators Feinstein and Kamala Harris, and new Governor Gavin Newsom all coming out of Baghdad by the Bay, as just three statewide officers hail from L.A. LOSER: Central Valley. A few weeks ago, Bakersfield Rep. Kevin McCarthy was angling to become House Speaker but now is reduced to a Minority Leader trying to explain how he squandered seven home state seats, as the populous Central Valley, once a centerpiece of Republican competitiveness, keeps draining political influence.

DEMOGRAPHIC DUST-UP WINNER: Diversity. Newsom is the only white man elected statewide, as the winner’s circle features four women (Feinstein, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, Controller Betty Yee, and Treasurer Fiona Ma), three Latinos (AG Xavier Becerra, Secretary of State Alex Padilla, and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara), two Asian Americans (Yee and Ma), an openly gay man (Lara), and an African-American schools chief (Tony Thurmond). LOSER: White guys. Women candidates

won every statewide race in which they ran, while seven of eight losers — five Republicans, No-Party Preference Insurance Commissioner wannabe Steve Poizner and Marshall Tuck in the nonpartisan State Superintendent of Public Instruction contest — all were white men.

PRESIDENTIAL JOCKEYING WINNER: California. As the most wide-

open Democratic presidential nominating contest in decades looms, the decision to move up California’s 2020 primary from June to March ensures the 816 wannabes finally must treat the state as more than a cash withdrawal machine. LOSER: Iowa. The tiresome Iowa cau-

cuses remain the first contest on the calendar. But with the Golden State already voting by mail then, who really cares? See you in 2019.

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Dirty Energy

ERA Energy (owned by Exxon/Shell) has proposed to expand oil and gas production in Cat Canyon, southeast of Santa Maria, with up to 296 new wells. The company’s spokesperson Rick Rust has stated that the project uses steam injection to remove the heavy crude oil. What he did not say is that this process requires drilling through the Santa Maria groundwater basin, then injecting the chemical-filled wastewater into the ground, compromising the health of the aquifer on which 200,000 people in 12 cities rely for water. The aquifer is also vital to agriculture, a primary income base for North Santa Barbara County. The “hundreds of good-paying jobs” touted by Rust is an inflated number, multiplied by the life of the project, which is projected to be 35 years; direct employment in any one year will be far less than that. Additionally, oil jobs are dangerous operations whose workers will likely be driven in from Kern or elsewhere, whereas renewable energy employs locals. In Santa Barbara County, there are eight times more jobs in clean energy than in the oil industry. AERA’s Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) will be reviewed by the county in Santa Maria on January 17 and will go to the Board of Supervisors in early 2019. Write them (dwilliams@countyofsb.org, ghart@ countyofsb.org, jhartmann@countyofsb.org, peter .adam@countyofsb.org, steve.lavagnino@county ofsb.org) and tell them to put the health of 450,000 people in Santa Barbara County ahead of the profits of Big Oil. The Cat Canyon project is a short-term play profiting a few special interests at the long-term expense of the rest of us.

— Rachel Altman, S.B.

Fire and Houses

ecently, I had the misfortune of attending a Planning Commission meeting that supported building a 5,000-plus-square-foot home in a “high-fire” area. A fire marshal mentioned how the city is overdue to study creating a wildland fire plan. This is especially urgent work. Montecito Fire just released a draft report on its

wildfire program that points out many of the concerns we all share. The City Council’s approval of Accessory Dwelling Units in high-fire areas should help with our housing crisis, but there is only so much new construction we want in high-fire areas. I am hoping others would urge the City Council to consider a moratorium until a comprehensive Wildland Fire Plan has been completed. — David Unger, S.B.

Elders in Danger

hile riding my bike a few months back, a dog came out of nowhere and began to chase me, then circled my bike and stopped directly in front of me. When I swerved to get around the dog, I hit the curb, fell, and landed on a hard, dry, burned-out lawn. The dog’s owner, when he saw me lying on the ground with a bloody arm and leg, yelled, “He’s only a puppy!” and got in his car and drove off without so much as asking if I was okay. I had no broken bones but was left badly bruised. Besides the fact that it took weeks to recover, what concerned me is the lesson the father taught his daughter by his conduct: When someone gets hurt because of you, don’t stop to help. Just make an excuse, then get away from the scene as fast as you can. Santa Barbara is becoming increasingly unsafe for older people, and there are many of us in this town. Many seniors get exercise by walking, and I’ve watched as those with a cane or walker are forced to the sidewalk’s edge or onto the grass by able-bodied bikers riding on the sidewalk. Once when walking with my husband, we had to jump aside because a grown man and two pre-teen boys on bikes were charging down the sidewalk as the man yelled, “Get out of the way!” Another time a very annoyed father, accompanied by his wife and three children, shouted, “Could you move? We need some room!” I once asked a biker who forced me off the sidewalk why she was riding there, and she said she felt safer there. I also want everyone to be safe, but if the only way to be safe is to endanger elderly pedestrians, I’d urge them to — Dr. Kathleen Roig, S.B. find another way.

Lance Whitney Freeman 08/04/64-11/30/18

Lance Whitney Freeman, 54, passed away in Menlo Park, California on November 30, 2018 Lance was born August 4, 1964 in Anaheim, CA and grew up in Goleta, CA. He graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in 1982 and from San Jose State University in 1988. He was a real estate agent in Menlo Park, CA for over 30 years. Lance had a great sense of humor, and loved making people laugh. Growing up he enjoyed fishing, hiking, camping, playing tennis and surfing. Lance had an eclectic taste in music and loved traveling. Lance enjoyed being with people, laughing, talking bullshit and just hanging out. As he got older he still enjoyed playing tennis, surfing and loved spending time with his kids. He is survived by his three children, Christian, Riley and Alison Freeman, and their mother Melissa Freeman, his father Leland Freeman and his two sisters Amy Freeman (Ed Callaway) and Wendy Roth (Matthew Roth), nieces and nephews, Jackson, Perri, Marin, Thompson and Carson, his uncles Franklin Freeman and Larry Thompson, and his aunt Diana Thompson. He was preceded in death by his mother Judy Freeman Cousineau. In leu of flowers please donate to your local animal shelter. A celebration of life is being planned.

Laura Janson

Laura Janson passed away on October 28, 2018. Laura grew up in the 50's and 60's in a Los Angeles, CA suburb. She was a Renaissance woman. She moved to Santa Barbara and attended Santa Barbara City College. She met Leo Martinez in 1978, working with him in his stucco business, putting plaster on numerous Santa Barbara and Montecito homes. She was the first woman in this trade in Santa Barbara, frowned upon by local contractors and homeowners because she might get hurt, but persisted INDEPENDENT.COM

performing stuccowork for 15 years. While in Santa Barbara, she developed cancer but with treatment, it went into remission. She followed Martinez to New Mexico and worked as his bookkeeper at Chileo's restaurant, Martinez's stucco business, and rental properties. Laura had a love for animals. In 2000, she served as president of the Lincoln County Humane Society. At age 50, she returned to college obtaining her BA in American Studies from the University of New Mexico. She completed all work for her Master's degree in Public History except for a thesis at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, slowing down due to cancer's return. Laura volunteered at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum as well as the Tularosa Basin Historical Museum. Laura was also an award winning photographer of animals, flowers, sunsets and jewelry. She lived on the Martinez ranch with her animals, leaving 4 horses and 4 dogs.

Jerry William Beaver 07/30/32-12/01/18

Jerry William Beaver died peacefully at Cottage Hospital on December 1st, of complications from a serious fall three years ago. Jerry was born on July 30, 1932, in Springfield, Illinois. He was the youngest of four children of Charles Beaver and Lucille Lamming Beaver. He went west to Arizona State University and then the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he studied architecture. He served in the U.S. Army as an officer in the Corps of Engineers, during the Korean War. He married Helene Giljum, who had come to the United States as a refugee after World War II. Jerry and Helene moved to Santa Barbara in 1960. Jerry had a sixty-year career in commercial real estate, starting as an appraiser and then as a broker and developer. He was proud to have built many award-winning projects in Santa Barbara. He was an avid tennis player, and was a founder of the Santa Barbara Tennis Patrons Association. Along with Helene and his sister, Addalein Hawk of Springfield, Jerry is survived by his three sons: David (Renee Courington), Philip (Kim Soyong McDonald), and John (Candace Kyburz), and grandchildren: Elaine, Elizabeth, Lauren, Rachel, Anna, and Alexander. At Jerry's request, private services will be held with his family. Jerry always tried to do the right thing, and stand up for the things he believed in. If you wish to honor his life with a donation, please consider the Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation or the Santa Barbara Tennis Patrons Association.

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Gayle Irene Bowman (Cline) 1942-2018

Gayle Irene Bowman (Cline) was born November 13, 1942. She grew up in Solon, Ohio (CLE) and was the oldest of three (Gary and Greg). From a young age, it was obvious Gayle (Rusty) loved the outdoors and being active. During her senior year of high school (Brush High), her majorette team won the state championship. At this time, the CLE Browns asked her team to be the Sunday Cheerleaders. During the 1959 season, she and her team cheered on her Brownies every home game, with her parents in the stands. She kept her game programs and her embroidered patch all these years, including Jim Brown’s autograph that she got at the team dinner that season. The home in Santa Barbara is still a Browns Dawg Pound. Growing up, she attended summer camps and swam, which became her number one activity her entire life- swimming 6 miles per week just weeks ago. She took the bus/rail at age 8 to the downtown YMCA in Cleveland, got to the 5th floor, took her lesson, and then got back home- all by herself. In high school, left handed, in school they tied her hand behind her back at times. They wanted all kids to be right handed- she always said, “That’s why I have such terrible handwriting.” Simply, working hard was just a way of life. After high school, she attended Bowling Green State University (BGSU). She worked when not studying and sent every penny back home to her dad who was paying for college. She lived in a house with sorority sisters, Alpha Xi Delta, which came with a house mom that made the food. Walking back in the snow from swimming, she would stay up late studying and drinking coffee. She often said, “While the popular girls were sitting in the sun, I was out in the water swimming with the boys. I did not see the fun just sitting there.” In the summer, she taught horseback riding at Red Raider Summer Camp. “We had one carriage that carried all the supplies. We rode all day along country roads. In the evening, we stopped at various farms and set up camp for the night. It was the best summer job I ever had.” She began teaching at Roxboro Elementary School in Solon, Ohio, after earning her teaching credential. ONE year of driving in the winter and wanting to be outdoors all the time, Los Angeles, CA 18

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arrived to a hiring fair. She and her buddy, Carole, signed up and that summer, got in a two car caravan and headed out west- long before GPS, Mapquest, or the Internet. Her dad and brother behind them, she and Carole made it- only small mishap were the two cars getting separated for a day. She began with Carole in 3rd grade, but after that year made a move to Santa Barbara in 1966 to teach at what was Wilson Elementary- the Wildcats! She LOVED her students and talked about them for years. She was once told that her room had too much color so she had to add more grey and black. The principal wrote a book years after Wilson closed and noted that Gayle was the one teacher that could instruct 30 kids without ever raising her voice. After a short time, she met her first husband, Jim Regan, a Marine Corp Vietnam Vet and SB Deputy Sheriff. After the birth of “Robbie”, she quit teaching. Two boys later, Corey and Garrett, she must have thought at times, “30 students was easier than these three.” She worked as the preschool teacher for all three at the YMCA. She never lost her “teaching” style as it was evident years later with her 5 grandkids. Movie and dinner had a theme- including arts and crafts. When the boys were about 3, 5, and 7, they joined the Samarkand Swim and Tennis Club. This is where the boys could run and swim after school and in the summer. She loved the years there. The boys competed in swimming and she swam her laps meeting lifelong friends. A few years later, she and Jim divorced. Gayle at one time worked 3 part time jobs to support the boys. The boys began doing weekly chores (the chore chart), picked out Christmas gifts at the Unity Shoppe, and sold cans of peanuts so they could attend summer camps. Nature Camp, Bluff Lake with the Y, and others would become a staple during the summers. All this time, the boys slowly built up the idea of hard work, do your best, stay positive, determination, and more. The boys excelled in sports and were always admired for their hard work, even though they just saw it as the way you should be. Thanks, mom! Around 1979, she met Doug Bowman, a local high school teacher and tennis player at Samarkand. He taught history at San Marcos and SB Junior High until his retirement. Together, they had a life of traveling to Hawaii, Catalina (family summer trips), skiing trips, tennis tournaments, and New Mexico. Rusty was a regular at Los Banos- Masters Swimmer. Her group was affectionately called, The Mermaids. Upon a birthday, they hit the showers singing, “Happy Birthday” in their birthday suits! Her routine was to swim six miles per week, run 3, and walk to the gym to lift. She was constantly moving! She loved work-

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ing with her hands in the garden and believed it was important for people to work with the earth. She cherished her yard. In addition, she spent her second career in accounting and did the books for the house. She was always giving advice to the boys about managing money and not overextending. If she thought you were, she had a way of saying your name with a slight delay. If you heard your full name, you were in real trouble. Gayle was adored by many. She attended reunions at Brush High and BGSU over the years. She visited Cleveland last winter with Robbie and walked the streets downtown reliving many childhood memories -Former Higbies, Euclid Beach Carousel, the rail system, and more . She also took a trip to Two Harbors last year with Corey’s family noting it was “soulful” being around the water and island. Her friends from Samarkand, Solon, Hidden Valley, Los Banos, and Bowling Green remained very important to her all her life. Her legacy: Doug Bowman (his daughter Erin) Robert and Susan Regan (Davis, Patrick, and Eleanor) Corey and Karena Regan (Tyler and Hannah) Garrett Regan Brother Greg of Ohio and his wife, Nancy (her “sister”) Sister In Law- Jeannie (our aunt who always let us stay over to play with our cousins) Her nieces and nephews, Nicole, Natalie, Matt, Brennen, and Makenzie. As in her life, she would not want attention. In lieu of anything for Rusty, the family requests donations on her behalf, or yours, be made to Serenity House or Friends of Los Banos (or the pool association in general). A memorial will be held at her residence on Jan. 6 at 2PM.

Anastacia Andros Rice 11/12/29-12/09/18

Our precious mom passed away suddenly on December 9, 2018, but just as quickly our sad hearts have overflowed with loving memories. Her days were filled with thoughts

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of family: Her two remaining children, Melvin Sheldon “Pete” Rice and Cynthia Kelly-Spera; devoted son-in-law Frank Spera; cherished grandchildren Maureen and Brian Kelly; step-grandchildren Claire, Marion and Sophia Spera; her twin sister Kathleen Helm and brother Jim Andros, both of whom she treasured, and Jimmy’s wife, Laurie Ballard Andros; and nieces Mary, Nancy, and Debbie Helm. She was ever-devoted to those who sadly pre-deceased her: Father Harry Andros; step-father William Oliver; nephew Tommy Helm; her sister Kathleen’s partner Joe Svoma; and her youngest son, Craig Rice, which was her greatest heartache. But most of all, every single day of her life since they left her was spent thinking of, talking to, and feeling thankful for the love and support of her beloved mother Marguerite Shalhoob Oliver and older sister Helen Andros. Mom was uncomplaining and simple in her wants and needs. A warm, sunny day and remembrances of friends and loved ones was all she required.

William Joseph Beasley 04/17/26-12/13/18

William Joseph Beasley, 92, went to join his wife in heaven on December 13, 2018, surrounded by his three daughters singing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” Up until the day before his death, Bill exhibited his love and zest for life, saying, “When I get well…” and sharing ‘one more story’ from his incredible memory. Surrounded by family and friends, his last two days were filled with laughter and tears, songs and prayers, conference calls, facetimes and emails, as well as sacred rites and rituals, as we all prepared to say goodbye. He blessed his family this past Thanksgiving by playing Christmas carols on the piano from his wheelchair, while we all sang. Expressing his deep faith through making music was his ministry and life’s work. We will miss his eloquent leading of prayer at all occasions as the patriarch of our family. Bill was born in Vancouver,

WA on April 17, 1926 to Warren and Ruth Beasley and grew up on a chicken farm. His dad died during Bill’s childhood and his mother and he developed a love of travel as he grew. He served in a large US Air Force headquarters in Calcutta, India. He is Professor Emeritus of Music at Westmont College where he taught for 30 years in the fields of music history and literature, church music, and music theory, while also directing multiple ensembles. He holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from USC. A railroad buff since his early youth, Bill worked as a locomotive fireman for 2 summers, and then worked for Amtrak for 21 years as a station agent and ticket clerk at Santa Barbara and Oxnard stations, planning many trips for family and friends. Throughout his life, whenever he heard a train whistle, he would identify the train number, destination and whether it was on time or not. A lifelong church musician, he served as choir director at St. Mark Methodist and played the organ at Ventura United Methodist, All Saints by the Sea Episcopal, The Old Mission, Trinity Episcopal, and up until August at Samarkand. He was an active member of the American Guild of Organists and the liturgical Order of St. Luke. He was loved by many friends across the globe including many beloved Westmont students. His cats Toes and Lexie brought him years of love. Baba, as the grandkids called him, would always have some sort of goodie to share, usually some fine, dark chocolate. In his home town church, where he was the choir director, Bill met and married the minister’s daughter and organist, Lucile Graham, in 1952. They moved to Santa Barbara where they raised their three daughters. Lucile preceded him in death on October 5, 2015. He is survived by his daughters Carolyn (Mac), Susan (Paul) and Sharon (Raul), grandchildren Nicole, Danielle, Megan, and Paul and great grandson, Braylin. We extend a heart felt thank you to Holly and Aretha from Assisted Hospice, as well as to the staff of Sarah House, for the profound loving kindness they shared with all of us during Dad’s last day. A Celebration of Bill’s life and Memorial Eucharist will be held at Trinity Episcopal, 1500 State Street, in Santa Barbara on Saturday December 22, at 2:00, with a reception following. All are welcome. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church.

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In Memoriam

Isaac ‘Ike’ Jenkins 1950-2018 Musical Mentor, Masterful Band Director

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BY DIRK SHUMAKER AND KARL HUNTER fter hearing the news of Ike passing away on

MR. J: Ike Jenkins nurtured generations of jazz band and choir members at La Cumbre Junior High, Dos Pueblos and Santa Barbara high schools, and at City College (pictured here), gently teaching life lessons that went well beyond music. COURTESY

December 1, my heart completely sank and I felt physically sick. How could this happen? He was just in the hospital, and everything was okay. But our Lord felt the need to bring him home, and I am left feeling thankful for the years I was able to share with him. I first met Ike in 1976, when I was in the 7th grade at La Cumbre Junior High School. We all called him Mr. Jenkins back then. He was the band teacher, and I was a pudgy kid who played the trombone. During the next three years, I started playing the electric bass, and by 9th grade, I was fortunate enough to play in his Jazz Band. Those years at La Cumbre were a foundation that shaped my life as a musician. It was Mr. Jenkins’s intelligence and patience as a band instructor that kept me interested in playing music. There are so many unique stories about his music classes. One of the things he did was really encourage us to “listen” to the music we were going to perform. Usually a band director will present a group with sheet music, and we’d just start playing it down. Mr. Jenkins would find recordings of the music, and we’d listen to it first, talking about what instruments stood out to us, how the dynamics worked, and what kind of emotions we felt. This was an amazing approach, and I treasure the memory of how he showed us the importance of interpreting music in this way. Ike stayed in touch with me throughout the years, and I visited him when he was teaching at Dos Pueblos High, Santa Barbara High, and the occasional Monday at SBCC with the madness band. It was always so special to see him as I grew older; he never seemed to change. He was always interested in what I was doing, what music inspired me, how my life was going, if I was happy. That seemed to be one of the most wonderful of Ike’s attributes. He was genuinely interested in “you.” He showed this concern with his students and the people who came into his life. I can see him right now in my mind’s eye as he’s listening to someone talk, his expression displaying a true sincerity in listening to what they have to say. I wish I could talk with him now. I wish I could see him conduct the Monday madness band again. These wishes could fill a dozen pages. I guess it’s just like with every loved one who has left this world; there are so many things you still want to share with them. Ike shared so much of his wonderful spirit with everyone who was fortunate to have him in their life. I feel blessed he was a part of mine. — Dirk Shumaker

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bandmates in the swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, but if Isaac Jenkins hadn’t been in my life, there’s absolutely no way I would have become a musician. Before I met Ike in a class at Dos Pueblos, I had no clue that I had any talent or ability, or even that I especially liked music. Band rehearsals with Ike were like a vortex in time: High school would stop, and the rest of the world ceased to exist. Ike always encouraged us to have a part in changing the music itself and to change the arrangements ourselves. If we were into funk, ska, or reggae, we’d add a section to a song that incorporated those grooves. So many band directors buy sheet music and charts and have the band play it as-is. But with Ike, there were no rules; there was just musicality. We’d take a handful of song arrangements and work on them for months. How are the melodies supposed to feel? What are the dynamics of each section? How can we make one section of music build into the next? Is it any wonder that Ike was able to get a bunch of suburban kids from Goleta to swing? He’d break each phrase down and talk about how the long and short notes work together to get a swing feel. Ike would also encourage us to think about the performance aspect. We would work out choreographed moves in the horn section. Ike was always changing the look of what his jazz bands wore onstage, and not unlike the music arrangements, Ike often let the students decide. When we all knew we looked good as a band, we were more confident as performers. We’d show up to competitions in custom-made, color-coordinated jackets, while

every other band had the requisite black suit, white shirt, and black tie. Ike stressed the importance of looking sharp and professional, not because it was something society expected, but because he knew you’d feel better about yourself. I’ve never again experienced the presence that I had during those intense times. Ike motivated us to extract the very best of ourselves. You wanted to be good, of course, but more than that, you wanted to impress Ike. Plus, it didn’t hurt that Ike was cool. He was larger than life. A wrestler in high school, Ike remained athletic his entire life. He had a huge physical presence. He would typically speak softly, but he could very easily modulate his voice into a sonic boom, the benefits of his vocal training, no doubt. No matter the era, Ike always had his own unique take on the leading edge of style. Ike never tried to be cool. He just was. Ike always built people up and never tore anyone down. He would enthusiastically talk about former students and, in effect, made them legendary. He created an almost reverent aura about them that was tangible. His tributes to his former students made you feel that what they achieved was something you also could aspire to. You wanted to be one of those revered students he talked about. I know I sure did. If Ike were only an amazing music instructor, that’d be one thing, However, he was so much more, a mentor, a counselor, and most importantly a friend. Even after I finished high school, Ike and I remained close friends. We’d get together and have lunch and catch up often. He always made a point to tell Dirk and I how proud he was of us, and coming from him, there was no greater compliment. He’s always been the biggest supporter of my musical quest. I’ve been able to travel and see the world because of Ike Jenkins, and been able to support myself and my family while doing what brings me tremendous joy. Thank you, Ike; your positive impact on my life has been immeasurable. — Karl Hunter

A memorial for Ike Jenkins will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 21 East Constance Avenue, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 22.

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Fast-forward a decade or so, and the crew at TEMPO is now locking horns Texas. Fess Parker was a with Vietnam. I was a religious-studies neighbor and Davy Crockett, student at UCSB and the family’s peace“king of the wild frontier.” One nik. I was immersed in Proto-Indoday Dad drove us out to the airfield European myth, lecturing my dad to show us what he had been workon tacit mythic assumptions about ing on. Out of the hangar rolled the strength underlying the two opposfirst B-58 Hustler, a delta-winged ing strategic cultures and haranguing nuclear bomber with titaniumhim on wen/wu and Taoism’s aqueous, honeycomb wings. It was a beautiful supple, yielding concept of strength, “bird,” as Dad called it, and obsoalways seeking the lowest ground. In lete before the test pilot climbed other words China’s tradition of guerrilla warfare (as adapted by Vietnamaboard. After all, the Soviets had inconveniently just developed antiese general Võ Nguyên Giáp) versus the West’s musclebound, in-your-face, aircraft missiles that could take out high-altitude bombers. Strategic Indo-European Sky God approach: Air Command was going to have Indra, Thor, Jupiter, or Perun hurling to think further aloft. Dad placed down greased lightning bolts from an in my hand a gift: a slice of wing the unassailable position aloft, while losing size of a piece of pie — and lighter hearts and minds on the ground. Don’t than a feather. The It bird of the fleet get me started. I gifted Dad a book on The Powell family begins their journey westward for the author’s father’s new job at the Santa Barbara think tank TEMPO, which had a was called “Greased Lightning.” Zen koans, urging him to consider that fallout shelter deep in the basement of the Balboa Building. what we need for peace is not so much Dad had flown off to Europe as a Think Tanks, but Oceans of Being. kid to run bombing missions over Hitler’s troops, we imagined. For Dad was a man of few words to piece things together, those guys wolfing down subma- Oceans of Consciousness. Meditation. Retreat centers. Mom about that war, confessing only that each time he pressed the rine sandwiches — between trips back to the Pentagon and became a beginning but illumined meditator. 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Mom of a strategic weapons posture they called MAD later, only after Dad’s and Dad loaded up the car, I pulled on my coonskin cap, my (mutually assured destruction). brother and little sister piled in, and after a long stretch of and Mom’s deaths, that The TEMPO gang’s collective sense of humor cactus, we were in Santa Barbara. was cool, as evidenced in the wry comment of I learned that in World Sometimes for lunch we would meet Dad and his col- one surviving gang member I would bump into War II, my father had leagues downtown at Johnny’s Italian Market. They would on his morning walks around Montecito. “It was volunteered to fly in wolf down salami-stuffed submarine sandwiches before easier back then,” he would sometimes quip. “We Operation Carpetbagregrouping across the street at an outfit called TEMPO, now thought we knew who the bad guys were.” He had ger. On moonlit nights found peace contemplating La Casa de Maria’s — using constellations, the Santa Barbara Hotel. 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became several; she went from volunteer to employee, from Guinea-Bissau ow did an aspiring Swedish actress wind up run- to Mozambique. And thus, The Detour ning a Northern Uganda–focused nonprofit became The Way. (As it does.) out of a humble cottage tucked into the hills of Nor was she expecting to fall in Montecito? love with a man. But she did. She met Tom Cole, a Santa Barbara native Credit a blunt mentor. When Linda Cole was a teenager in Sweden, she was a who’d spent some of his childhood in theater kid. She was good, good enough that she was plan- Mozambique (his father taught African ning to start acting school and devote her life to the craft. art at UCSB), where he was running Then, “my mentor told me that I was a baby who didn’t ag development programs and teachknow anything and I better go and learn a little bit about ing small-scale farming. In 1996, they life if I really wanted to do theater,” Cole tells me, with a married and moved to Santa Barbara, grin, from the couch on which she’s convalescing from despite the fact that she’d never really her latest bout of malaria, Skyping with her Africa-based had an interest in visiting, let alone livemployees, and waiting for the mechanic to call about her ing in, the U.S. She studied global and broken-down car. “So, I saw an ad in the paper about vol- international development at UCSB, eventually punctuated with a master’s unteering in Africa and I figured, ‘Okay — this!’” in humanitarian assistance from Tufts. Life experience, you say? Check. In 2006, with two children in tow, She wasn’t expecting to fall in love with the work. But she did. The one-year program with Development Aid the Coles returned to Africa, thanks to Tom’s position as an advisor for Save the Children in Uganda. Meanwhile Linda traveled the areas ravaged by the Lord’s Resistance Army, where she found beautiful land and beautiful people trying to recover from unimaginable ugliness. She met widows, orphans, refugees, abductees, mamas and grandmas and aunties raising 7, 12, 14 children at a time. And she Do these stories make you feel like supporting something righteous? listened. You’re in luck! You have until the end of December to donate money The couple had long to Santa Barbara Gives!, the second annual fundraising campaign for 55 nonprofits that wished to start an organithe Independent and Fund for Santa Barbara host each year. Even just $5 can make a big zation that could put their difference! As of press time, we’ve raised nearly $320,000! knowledge and experience to genuinely good, produc-

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When the household’s matriarch is sick or needs help in the field or at home, a girl is expected to stay home. A day here, a day there, plus days missed due to menstruation — it adds up. Girls fall behind, fail exams, repeat grades, miss days, fall further behind. To address this, AWR educates parents, trains school mentors to track THE EMPHASIS ON WOMEN IS BOTH BY DESIGN attendance as well as academic perforAND REFLECTIVE OF THE REALITY THAT, IN AIMING TO mance, and provides reusable sanitary REACH THE MOST VULNERABLE, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, pads. Perhaps most importantly, they also organize field trips in which girls visit secondary schools, meet other girls like themselves, and realize that they, too, can do it—and that they’ll fit in, and Tom founded the Community Action Fund for no matter how old, poor, or otherwise different they Women in Africa — since renamed African Women might feel. Rising (AWR)—an organization focused on empowField visits, so straightforward as to be almost ering women to rebuild their lives after war, of which sneaky in their effectiveness, are a key component of Linda is the executive director. the agro-ecological programs, as well. It’s far easier to The emphasis on women is both by design and convince a farmer — who is likely cultivating the way reflective of the reality that, in aiming to reach the she always has, the only way she knows, and whose most vulnerable, more often than not, you’ll be work- life and livelihood depends on her yield (however ing with women. “Women have less access to resources,” Linda explained. “They’re less likely to be reached by aid organizations; women aren’t seen as viable for development aid because they’re small-scale, subsistence farmers; they often can’t read and write, so they don’t get the information on how to be part of programs.” AWR tackles those issues head-on, focusing on microfinance, agro-ecology (both helping develop family permagardens and fostering field-crop farming for revenue), girls’ education, and adult literacy, because access to capital and agricultural skills can only take you so far if you can’t read and write. The latter two focuses represent impressive scaling and evolution on AWR’s part: The organization is now the largest provider of adult literacy education in Northern Uganda, and the focus on girls’ education is a development born of the realization that, in many communities where AWR is active, not a single girl was continuing to secondary school.

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FRIDAY 12/21 12/21-12/23: The Belle of Amherst

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The Legend of Georgia McBride Follow the story of a struggling Elvis impersonator, his pregnant wife, and an aging drag queen in a performance filled with uplifting music, dance, and comedy. Thu.-Sat.: 8pm; Sun.: 2 and 7pm. New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St. $25-$75. Call 965-5400. ensembletheatre.com

THURSDAY 12/20 12/20-12/23: South Pacific Enjoy a breathtaking performance of this musical set during World War II following the story of a young U.S. Navy nurse who falls in love with a French plantation owner and a U.S. Marine lieutenant, featuring songs such as “Some Enchanted Evening” and “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair.” Thu.: 7pm; Fri.: 8pm; Sat.: 2 and 8pm; Sun.: 2 (sold out) and 7pm. Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main St., Ventura. $25-$65. Call 667-2900. rubicontheatre.org

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to indulge in four nights of feasting as Chef Weston Richards prepares a contemporary Central Coast take on the iconic Italian Christmas Eve tradition, featuring chilled squid-ink noodles, Spanish octopus, ridgeback prawns, and more. Reservations are recommended. 5-10pm. Les Marchands, 131 Anacapa St. $75; optional wine pairing +$45. Call 284-0380.

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12/20: Writing in the Galleries All skill levels are invited to bring a journal or notebook, laptop, or tablet and write from a prompt given by a visiting writer/facilitator. You must reserve your spot. 5:30-7pm. S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. Free. Call 884-6457 or email lvallejo-howard@sbma .net. sbma.net

12/20: Jewish Poets at the Margin Enjoy a 30-minute guided reading and discussion of Jewish poet Steve Braff’s work, followed by an open mic, during which participants will be encouraged to read their favorites or share their own work. Braff’s poetry has been published in Tea House, Muryoko Journal of Shin Buddhism, and more. 2-3:30pm. Jewish Federation of Greater S.B., 524 Chapala St. Free. Call 957-1115. jewishsantabarbara.org

12/20: Trail Talks: Front-Country Trails Update The Montecito Trails Foundation will provide information on the work that has been done over the last six

12/21: Folksongs of the Winter Holidays American folk singer, virtuoso autoharpist, and storyteller Adam Miller will perform holiday and traditional songs in a morning concert. 10-11am. Los Olivos Library, 2374 Alamo Pintado Ave., Los Olivos. Free. Call 688-4214. sbplibrary.org

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12/20-12/26: Night Market Along with exclusive items, shoppers can enjoy illuminated festive lights, carolers, snow machines, local tasty treats, wine, live music, and many more holiday festivities. The market will be open through December 29. Thu.-Sun.: 4-10pm. Christmas Night Market, (formerly Macy’s) 701 State St. Free. Call 722-9456.

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12/20-12/24, 12/26: Let It Snow! Check out S.B.’s “best in

snow”! Nightly snowfall shows will take place twice each evening in the Center Court starting promptly at 6 and 7 p.m. The holiday snow will be falling through December 31. Center Ct., Paseo Nuevo. Free. Call 963-7147.

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12/21-12/23: Humbug! Lit Moon’s version of Charles Dickens’s haunting story about Christmastide redemption is refreshed and back for Christmas 2018! Fri.: 7:30pm; Sat.: 4 and 7:30pm; Sun.: 4pm. Center Stage

formative, three-story art installation and indulge in live musical performances, light refreshments, herbal tea lounges, elixirs, poetry readings, and a truly unique art experience. 7-11pm. Fishbon Pescadrome, 101 S. Quarantina St. $25-$30. Call 453-5246.

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SATURDAY 12/22 12/22: A Winter Music Showcase Enjoy original compositions by Grace Fisher and performances by Santa Barbara Strings, SBHS and SMHS Madrigals,

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the night away with Prok & Fitch, one of the most exciting and acclaimed deejay/production duos in house music. 9pm1:30am. Eos Lounge, 500 Anacapa St. $5-$10. Ages 21+. Call 564-2410. eoslounge.com

12/20: Winter Encounters Watch in amazement as 12 advanced student choreographers take flight in a show that includes lyra, trapeze, fabrics, and corde lisse (“smooth rope”). Wine and refreshments will be

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miles of the Santa Ynez River over one year, from Jameson Lake to Surf Beach. United by the lesser-known medium of gouache (an opaque watercolor pronounced “gwash”) and the name RoseCompass, these artists use their work to inform the public about the Santa Ynez River watershed, its function, and the responsibility of protecting it. The exhibit shows through March 29, 2019. Thu., Mon.-Wed.: 7:30am-5:30pm; every other Fri.: 8am-3:30pm. City Hall Gallery, 735 Anacapa St. Free.

served. Advanced reservations are required. 7pm. S.B. Centre for Aerial Dance, 810 E. Gutierrez St. $15. Call 284-8785.

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Audiences will enjoy this lively, funny, heartfelt one-woman performance that reveals the inward journeys of Emily Dickinson, one of America’s greatest poets. The show runs through December 30. Fri.Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. Ojai Art Center Theater, 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai. $10$20. Call 640-8797. ojaiact.org

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months on the front-country trails and what to expect in 2019. 6:30-8pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 564-5621. sbplibrary.org

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Nativity Come see the recreation of the holy night with actors in costume and live animals such as camels, donkeys, sheep, and goats. Enjoy warm cider or stroll into the church and look at the crèches (models representing the scene of Jesus Christ’s birth) on display, including a few kid-friendly ones that can be touched. The historic 1927 sanctuary will be open for viewing. 5:30-7:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 963-3579.

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20-27 S.B. Youth Music Academy, and S.B. Youth Academy. This benefit concert will support the Grace Fisher Foundation, which brings adaptive arts and creativity to special-needs families in S.B. 4-5:30pm. S.B. High School, 700 E. Anapamu St. $20.

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tinyurl.com/Winter-Music-Showcase 12/22: Jonathan McEuen Residency Jonathan McEuen’s extraordinary

voice and guitar playing will lead you on a journey through folk, rock, bluegrass, blues, and country in a unique and eclectic way. 7:30pm. Ojai Underground Exchange, 1016 W. Ojai Ave., Ojai. Suggested donation: $15$20. Call 340-7893.

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12/22: Women’s Full Moon Gathering Sit in sacred ceremony during the final full moon of 2018 and close out the year with love and intention. Bring something to sit on, a journal, and a mug. 6:30-8:30pm. Pura Luna Women’s Apothecary, 2009 Chapala St. Suggested donation: $20. Call 450-2484.

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10th Annual Christmas Meal Organic Soup Kitchen (OSK) will provide this annual Christmas Community Meal featuring Santa Claus, gifts, and an Italian vegetarian meal to bring people together, letting them know that they are not alone. Donations of large and X-large hoodies, backpacks, and socks for adults will be accepted. Please contact OSK for drop off locations and times. Noon-3pm. Veterans’ Memorial Bldg., 112 W. Cabrillo Blvd. Free. Call 284-3552. organicsoupkitchen.org

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12/22: Self-Defense Empowerment In this workshop, teens learn the importance of a protective strategy and increased safety awareness along with focusing on a positive and powerful experience to prepare them on moving away from potential dangers, unhealthy choices, and negative influences. Register by December 20. 1-3pm. S.B. Women’s Self-Defense, 517 De la Vina St. $50. Call 252-9099.

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12/24: Posada, Music of Christmas and Christmas Eve Service Meet in downtown Los Olivos to follow a reenactment of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem and continue through town to conclude at St. Mark’s Church with a simple carol service and a brief reception. Later in the evening, enjoy the Music of Christmas with St. Mark’s choir and musicians followed by a Christmas Eve Service and carols, ending with a reception in Stacy Hall. Posada: 4pm; meet at Fess Parker’s Wine Country Inn, 2860 Grand Ave., Los

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Olivos. Music program and service: 9:30pm; St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church, 2901 Nojoqui Ave, Los Olivos. Free. Call 688-4454.

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12/24: Shanti Flow: Peaceful Christmas Eve Morning Yoga Join Rachel Wilkins for a special Christmas Eve morning offering to bring about a sense of balance and peace during this chaotic time. 10-11:30am. Divinitree Yoga, 25 E. De la Guerra St. $18. Call 897-3354.

divinitreesantabarbara.com/schedule 12/24: Christmas Eve Worship Celebration Experience music, Holy Communion, and a candlelight tribute to celebrate 200 years of the beloved carol, “Silent Night, Holy Night.” 8-9pm. First Congregational Church of S.B., 2101 State St. Free. Call 682-7146.

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12/24: Christmas Eve This dinner will feature wild mushroom trifolati, aged balsamico di modena, dry-aged N.Y. strip steak, Champagne risotto, persimmon brown butter tart with toasted-almond ice cream, and more. 5-9pm. Bella Vista Restaurant, Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore S.B., 1260 Channel Dr. $50-$100. Call 969-2261.

Join us at Paradise Cafe to toast 35 years of local tradition and a prosperous New Year! All of your Paradise favorites plus lobster tails and Oak-grilled lamb rack with mint chimmichurri! As always, complimentary champagne toast at 9:00 PM. . . again at midnight for those with endurance.

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Artist/Writer Creative Meet-Up All ages and skill levels are invited to meet up every other Sunday and exchange ideas with other creators in a collaborative and comic-friendly environment. 7-9pm. Metro Entertainment, 6 W. Anapamu St. Free. Call 963-2168.

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a delicious holiday feast at the Chumash Buffet, featuring honey-glazed ham, slowroasted prime rib and turkey, cedar-plank Atlantic salmon, and all your holiday favorites in between. 1-9pm. Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 E. Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez. $45$65. Ages 21+. Call (800) 248-6274.

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WEEK Shows on Tap 12/20, 12/22-12/23: Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant Thu.: Dannsair. 6:30-8:30pm. Sat.: RedFish. 9pm-11:30pm. Sun.: Irish Jam Session. 4:30-7pm. 18 E. Ortega St. Free. Call 568-0702. darganssb.com 12/20-12/22: The Endless Summer Bar-Café Thu.: Dave Vignoe. Fri.: Johnny Miller. Sat.: John Lyle. 5-8pm. 113 Harbor Wy. Free. Call

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12/21-12/22: The Brewhouse Fri.: Green Flag Summer. Sat.: Kinsella Band. 8pm. 229 W. Montecito St. Free. Call 884-4664. 12/21: Carr Winery Barrel Rm. Cantillon Brothers. 6-8pm. 414 N. Salsipuedes St. Free. Ages 21+. Call 965-7985. carrwinery.com

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12/21-12/23: Cold Spring Tavern Fri.: RML. 6-9pm. Sat.: Fort Taylor, CA; 1-4pm. Robert Thomas Blues Band; 5-8pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan; 1:15-4pm. Cadillac Angels; 4:30-7:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call 967-0066. coldspringtavern.com

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12/21: Eos Lounge Tripwire & Mr. C. 9pm-1:30am. 500 Anacapa St. Free-$5. Ages 21+. Call 564-2410. eoslounge.com

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12/21-12/22: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Fri.: The New Vibe. Sat.: The Caverns. 7-10pm. 137 Anacapa St. Free. Ages 21+. Call 6942252 x344. figmtnbrew.com

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12/21-12/23: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Three 4 All. 8pm. Sat.: Pull the Trigger. 8pm. Sun.: Wil Ridge. Noon. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free$5. Ages 21+. Call 686-4785. themavsaloon.com 12/21-12/22: M.Special Brewing Co. Fri.: Crying 4 Kafka. 7-9pm. Sat.: Grooveshine. 5-8pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Bldg. C., Goleta. Free. Call 968-6500. mspecialbrewco.com

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12/21-12/22: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Fri.: Area 51. 8:30pm. $8. Ages 21+. Sun.: Led Zepplica. 9pm. $15. 1221 State St. Call 962-7776. sohosb.com

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12/22-12/23: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. (Los Olivos) Sat.: 3 Way Stop. 2-5pm. Sun.: Complicated Animals. 3-6pm. 2363 Alamo Pintado Ave., Los Olivos. Free. Ages 21+. Call 694-2252 x343. figmtnbrew.com

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Shwayze. 8pm. 423 State St. $15-$18. Call 965-8676.

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12/26:

Geeks Who Drink Pub

Quiz Bring your thinking cap and thirst as you enjoy drinks and eight rounds of audio, visual, and live hosted trivia with a chance to win prizes. 7-9pm. Flightline Restaurant & Lounge, 521 Firestone Rd. Free. tinyurl.com/GeeksandDrinks

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market will offer an array of vendors who sell jewelry, baked goods, hand-woven and crocheted items, aromatherapy products, and more. 10am-6pm. 651 Paseo Nuevo. Free. Call 451-7147.

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Solstice For its 11th anniversary season, the Revels will perform a joyful production celebrating the spirit and strength of the Irish emigrants who came to America in the early 1900s to build new lives in a new land. At sea over the holidays, these strangers bond over spinning stories, singing songs, and sharing seasonal traditions. Sat.: 2:30 and 7:30pm; Sun.: 2:30pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $15-$79. Call 963-0761. lobero.com

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THE BEAR IS BACK: Henry Franco’s Members Only Barber Shop is well worth a holiday drive-by for seekers of decorative displays.

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Downtown Barber Styles Storefront W ith top-shelf haircuts and straight-razor shaves delivered by an amiable man with half a century of professional experience, traditional visits to Henry Franco’s longtime downtown Members Only Barber Shop invariably result in a therapeutic clearing of headspace coupled with a fresh outwardly appearance. Like years past, shop owner and tonsorial artist Henry Franco has added another draw, no chair-time required. Every holiday season dating back to the mid-’90s, Franco has transformed his storefront with spirited — and award-winning — decor, making for a worthy stop for those who like to cruise festive neighborhoods for Christmas light displays. This year’s elaborate display was a tough installation for the 76-year-old

Franco, he admitted. “It’s kind of hard climbing ladders, but it was a fun project.” Patrons and passersby of his previous shop on Victoria Street might remember that one year he assembled a giant gingerbread house. Another year, he dressed up a polar bear in rubber-duckie pajamas. This year, “the bear is back by popular demand,” Franco said. “People kept asking, ‘What happened to the polar bear?’ Well, he was in storage in a barn in Carpinteria. I’ve brought him out of hibernation.” Franco plans to keep the display up until January 1. Members Only Barber Shop (membersonlybarber shop.com) is located at 2005 State Street. Reservations are recommended, membership not required. Call Franco at 965-1845. — Keith Hamm

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ombined, the recent Camp, Woolsey, and Hill fires destroyed nearly 20,000 homes and structures. Last week, California’s Department of Insurance reported that preliminary claims total more than $9 billion in losses. As the long road to recovery begins, every forward step, even a small one, is important. In an effort to help earlier this month, Santa Barbara–based SeaVees, a footwear company launched in 1964, teamed up with Soles4Souls — a Nashville-based nonprofit that has handed out shoes in 127 countries since 2006 — to distribute more than 1,100 pairs of brand-new SeaVees to people displaced by those three wildfires. — KH

LOAD ‘EM UP! SeaVees crewmembers D.J. Javier and Anna Tobler help ship more than 1,100 pairs of shoes for families hit by recent California wildfires.

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oms really deserve a standing ovation. They cook, clean, and constantly care for everyone within reach — everyone but themselves. Sometimes, the push for perfection can be hard for new mothers, but a Santa Barbara–based podcast is helping them realize that their own happiness is just as important as that of their immediate family. Soul Mammas reaches out to mothers who take time out of their busy schedules to pursue their own goals. Each episode, a new mom is interviewed on topics ranging from pregnancy and marriage to career success and self-care. And it’s all orchestrated by a woman who is no stranger to balancing passion and responsibility. Some time ago, Nicole De Leon — yoga instructor, entrepreneur, surfer, and mother of three — began to ask herself if being a mom meant losing her independence. With an infant, could she no longer go surfing or take an impromptu yoga class? After having her baby last year, De Leon understood how moms can feel alone when they are obligated to others. “As a new mother, I was feeling pretty isolated and really craved a community of like-minded mamas, so I decided to make one myself,” said De Leon. A big part of Soul Mammas is conveying to mothers that they don’t need to do everything right. To De Leon, “when moms put everyone else first, they end up not knowing who they are anymore.” The idea of a “soul mamma” is not someone who has a perfect life, but someone who does her best without compromising her own happiness in the process. One episode focused on Jenny Schatzle, a personal trainer who not only takes care of newborn twins but also runs her own fitness studio in Santa Barbara. Throughout the interview, Schatzle talks about the importance of positive body image. “How society views women postpartum and how focusing on our bodies to measure our self-worth is damaging to us as mothers,” Schatzle said. Another mom, Anastasia Stone, discussed her experience with foster care and adopting three of her five children. Stone praised the podcast for giving moms a community — she doesn’t have to face her struggles alone. “Connecting with others is a grandiose thing,” she said. “Especially in today’s culture, right? We don’t connect that often, and we crave it.” For De Leon, the podcast has taught her that moms shouldn’t be afraid to share what’s going on in their lives. “We should be transparent about our own stories instead of putting up a facade,” she said. In the future, she added, the podcast may even transform into being an in-person support group. With the positive feedback she’s received from the community, De Leon wants to establish circles where moms can connect and create businesses that may have seemed impossible to them. — Tess Kenny

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Architecturally, Pasadena is a hodgepodge of styles from Craftsman to Victorian to Spanish Revival, which makes it a good go-to for finding filming locales that represent a range of cities and eras. For example, Pasadena City Hall, which was built in 1927, has starred in numerous films and TV shows, including Beverly Hills Cop II, The Net, Parks and Recreation, and The Big Bang Theory. Another recognizable domicile icon is the 1908 Gamble House, which served as Doc Brown’s abode in the Back to the Future trilogy. A My Valley Pass tour is a must for film and TV SANTA BARBARA BIRTH CENTER fans. SANTA BARBARA MIDWIFERY At the tour’s end, we walked around Family Centered Out of Hospital Birth Old Town, browsing Care • Free Consultation in one-off shops and Family Centered Out Of Midwifery Hospital Birth sbmidwifery@gmail.com boutique chainsMidwifery alike. Santa Barbara Care • Free Consultation sbbirthcenter.org Smith Alley, which was Birth For Inquiries, Email sbmidwifery@gmail.com Center used in The Sting, now boasts shops and restaurants strung together by a walking path. Sugarfina candy store was particularly memorable for its treat samples and its clean, modern interior. Father of the Bride house That evening brought a fantastic treat — a trip to Pasadena’s legendary Rose Bowl for an Ed Sheeran concert. The 96-year-old historic landmark is a testament to the large scale of Southern California things — the stadium can hold nearly 100,000 people. What it lacks in intimacy, however, it makes up for in grandeur and audience volume. It was impossible not to get swept up in the excitement and glory of sharing a visceral music experience with tens of thousands of people — truly an epic concertgoing experience. For Sunday breakfast, we dined at the Raymond 1886, enchantingly housed in what was once the caretaker’s cottage for the Raymond Hotel, a 300-room grandiose structure originally built in 1886. The hotel went belly-up during the Great Depression, but the cottage has thrived as a popular eatery imbued with a historic atmosphere. The menu is innovative and delicious, and the patio is tree-ringed and peppered with fountains, an oasis from the thrum of the nearby streets. Sated and satisfied, we returned to the Hilton, collected our things, and took an Uber to the station to catch our train home. It had been a lovely weekend — relaxing, fun, and explorative. And we only scratched the surface of what Pasadena has to offer. For help planning your weekend getaway and information on the upcoming Tournament of Roses parade, visit visitpasadena.com. — Michelle Drown MA RI AN NE

t’s only 10 miles as the crow flies from downtown Los Corner Cocktails at the Angeles, but Pasadena has a feel all its own. With sprawling lawns, eclectic architecture, and a vibrant Old Town, the city offers an oasis from the congestion of its neighboring metropolis. My traveling companion and I took the train from Santa Barbara rather than deal with the ever-present Southland traffic. After a leisurely three-hour journey, we arrived at Union Station in Los Angeles, the closest train stop to Pasadena. A 20-minute Uber ride got us to the Hilton on North Los Robles Avenue. Our room had a California contemporary feel with clean lines, neutral hues, and wood accents. We settled in and then went to the on-site bar and restaurant, the Corner, for happy hour. Refreshed and relaxed, we headed to dinner at the Parkway Grill. Opened in 1984, the Parkway is a popular upscale restaurant with brick walls and high-beam ceilings that blend together to create a rustic-elegant interior. The menu is reflective of the American cuisine movement, which mixes traditional American cooking techniques with European, Latin American, and Mediterranean elements. We ordered melt-in-yourmouth pan-seared crab cakes with lemon remoulade, avocado salad with slow-roasted cherry tomatoes, and short ribs with creamy polenta, green harissa, and braising juices. While their signature black-bean soup tasted bland and underwhelming, the highlights of the meal were the rich, delicious scalloped potatoes

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Pasadena plays a large role in the film and TV industry, boasting cameos in innumerable films, including Legally Blonde, Pulp Fiction, and The Sting. with garlic and Gruyère cheese, and the Meyer lemon custard atop a shortbread cookie with homemade ice cream, raspberries, and raspberry puree. Back at our hotel, we lolled on our beds, rubbing our overly stuffed bellies. The next day, we learned more about Pasadena’s large role in the film and TV industry, based in nearby Hollywood. Two representatives from My Valley Pass picked us up for a driving tour. It turns out that Pasadena, which was incorporated in 1886, boasts cameos in innumerable films, including Legally Blonde, Pulp Fiction, The Sting, Father of the Bride, and Spinal Tap, to name a few.

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which refined sugars, flours, and California in the 1970s other less-than-ideal products are to chase waves and increasingly allowed. And the fastseek a more idyllic life, rising manuka honey business is a he found bliss in New Zealand, ripe target — at one point, British working as a lab tech and laborer, regulators found that there was finding a wife, and then running more so-called manuka honey for sale in their country than was a bicycle store. But his real callproduced in the entire country of ing — to be the man who spread New Zealand. the superfood magic of manuka honey throughout the United In the late 1990s, to combat would-be fakers, legitimate proStates — came almost by accident in the early 1980s, when he ducers, including PRI, introduced brought a batch of honey from a special scale called Unique beekeeper friends back to CaliManuka Factor, or UMF. It meafornia while visiting his parents sures the amount of leptosperin, in Santa Barbara. DHA, and, most importantly, The Kiwis were having troumethylglyoxal in each batch, the ble importing into America, so ingredients that give manuka its Noll took the honey to a food positive power. That’s helped for those who expo, where it was a big hit. THE KIWI CONNECTION: David Noll (far left) and his family, including, from left, “No one had heard much about are savvy enough to monitor the wife Linda Noll, daughter Kristy Oakley, and son-in-law Dominic Oakley, bring New Zealand, but the quality UMF, but it hasn’t completely the pure products of New Zealand to health-conscious, or just flavor-conscious, eliminated the problem. There is of their products just shined Americans. through,” said Noll. “It’s a very still all sorts of trickery employed pristine country, without much on labels by some of the more processing.” manuka honey into the United States popular manuka brands, many of At that time, the positive health benefits of manuka honey and also expanded to importing New which process the honey outside — though appreciated for millennia by the Maori people — Zealand sea salt. Unlike many sea of New Zealand to avoid regulators. “It’s just pure skulduggery,” weren’t quite as well-documented as they are today, and it salts on the market today, which are said Noll of those opportunist, wouldn’t even be commercially branded as “manuka” until simply extracted from the ocean and a few years later. But the basic New Zealand honey was truly then industrially refined into straight truth-twisting competitors. BY MATT KETTMANN all-natural, raw, and more complex than much else on the sodium chloride, the New Zealand salt PRI sells jars ranging from UMF 5+ ($40 for one pound) to market, which especially caught the attention of boutique is naturally dried and retains all of the UMF 20+ ($180 for one pound), grocers and the growing legion of health-food stores. With beneficial trace elements. While PRI moves a lot of salt — in the form of every- and their levels are tested by an independent lab every quarthe interest so apparent, Noll loaded up an old Dodge van with honey jars and drove from San Diego to San Francisco. thing from finely ground to seasoned to margarita salt ter. “Our clients are only paying $50 to $180 for a one-pound “I didn’t come home until the van was empty,” he said. — it’s the manuka honey that pays 80 percent of the bills. jar because it’s working for them,” said Noll, who also sells In 1984, after 13 years living in New Zealand, Noll and Coming from bees that pollinate flowers of the manuka much more affordable manuka chocolates, caramels, and that honey sticks, as well as honey from other plants, like Aushis wife, Linda Noll, moved with their kids to Santa Bar- tree, which is a shrub-like plant bara and founded Pacific Resources International, or PRI. grows throughout New Zealand, the tralian leatherwood and blue borage. Noll is perhaps most proud of keeping PRI a family comIn 1989, they became the first company to bring authentic honey offers antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial properties, effective in fighting everything from sore pany, as his daughter Kristy Oakley and son-in-law Dominic throats and sick stomachs to wounds, bedsores, and diabetic Oakley manage much of the operation now, which includes ulcers. eight employees. In 2015, his son Nathan and Nathan’s wife, That’s made manuka a booming industry, Whitney Noll, took over Pacific Health Foods, the store in as the world’s interest in healthy eating and downtown Carpinteria that David’s parents founded in 1991. food as medicine continues to climb. “It is still And with four more children and soon-to-be 13 grandkids, going on today,” said Noll. “The biggest growth there’s a good chance that PRI will remain a Noll operation in the whole food industry is natural, organic for many years to come. foods.” He now has customers in Panama, MexThat consistency relates to his relationships in New Zeaico, and Dubai, among other far-flung regions. land as well, where he retains contracts with many of their And New Zealand landowners that used to rip initial supplies. “I’m looking at the third generation of beeout manuka to make way for pastureland are keepers,” said Noll, who remains fiercely confident of the also chasing the trend. “Now a lot of dairy farm- quality that the New Zealand brand continues to represent. ers are planting manuka and getting rid of cows,” “Fortunately, the New Zealand reputation follows around said Noll. the world,” he said. “Anything that’s from New Zealand, I The explosive growth does spawn imitators, like to promote.” of course. “It’s caused some detriments to our And there’s still magic to the manuka game. 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gift that keeps on giving, whether that means revisiting the pages, posting on your shelf to boost your wine-wisdom street cred, or letting friends borrow them when you’re done. I’m frequently picking up The Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste from my living room table to spend a few minutes enjoying the lively prose of Jordan Mackay and expert insight of Santa Barbara’s own Rajat Parr. It doesn’t need maps to convey the sense of place that draw the authors to the Old World’s most important and resurgent wine regions. For this year’s early Hanukkah, my wife got me a copy (okay, I specifically asked for it) of Godforsaken Grapes: A Slightly Tipsy Journey Through the World of Strange, Obscure, and Underappreciated Wine. In a light-

hearted and often personal tone, journalist Jason Wilson tells the saga of winemakers who are fighting to save grapes you’ve never heard of, upholding diversity in the face of cabernet–chardonnay–pinot noir dominance. For the budding expert, the seventh edition of Wine for Dummies, by Ed McCarthy and Mary EwingMulligan, is loaded with the basics,

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at The Lark, 131 Anacapa Street, are serving cast-iron-roasted Parisienne gnocchi with warm comte fondue, rainbow Swiss chard, Thumbelina carrots, brown butter almonds and cognac, and an Earl Grey semifreddo with speculoos cookie, raspberry jam, macadamia FREE FOR XMAS: Alex and Jennifer Vilera are offering a free Christmas “snow,” and coconut cream for dessert. dinner at Chicken in a Barrel, their new place in Goleta. The Lark is closed Christmas Day and mousse with grilled bread, huckleberry, pickled New Year’s Day. Call 284-0370. LOQUITA: In addition to the regular menu, Chef mustard seeds, and sorrel; white bean and escaPeter Lee at Loquita, 202 State Street, is serving role soup; prime rib with all the fixings; panblack cod with Hope Ranch mussels, braised seared Arctic char; and desserts like creamsicles fennel, potato puree, and apple miso foam; and and apple cinnamon Napoleon. Dinner is $90 tuna crudo with foie snow and compressed pear, per person. 3:30-8:30 p.m. Call 879-9100, priced $23-$27. Reservations are recommended OUTPOST: Chef Damien Giliberti is serving a three-course menu at Outpost inside the Goodand are available 5-9 p.m. S.Y. KITCHEN: Chef Luca Crestanelli at S.Y. land Hotel, 5650 Calle Real in Goleta. The menu Kitchen, 1110 Faraday Street in Santa Ynez, is includes Fuji apple and celery root soup; roasted serving specials in addition to the regular menu. winter squash salad; stuffed roasted poussin They include artichoke soup barigoule, agno- with tarragon and mirepoix stuffing with pine lotti with wild pheasant with black truffles and nuts, parsnip puree, huckleberry glacé, whipped foie gras, seared diver scallops with pesto alla cabernet, and natural jus; roasted prime rib; trapanese, fennel, almonds, and greens; and and, for dessert, chocolate mousse or poached Wagyu beef brasato with pinot noir, green onion pear. The meal is $55 per person. 4-8 p.m. Call sauce, and polenta. Dessert is Italian chocolate 964-1288. bonet. Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner: 5 p.m.- ROOT 246: Chef Pink and her team are transforming one of the Root 246 (420 Alisal Rd., closing. Closed Christmas Day. Call 691-9794. Solvang) banquet rooms into a pop-up Chinese restaurant. The menu includes beef and brocCHRISTMAS EVE & DAY colini, honey duck steam bun, sweet-and-sour RODNEY’S: Rodney’s Grill at Hilton Santa Bar- pork belly, cashew chicken, and spicy tofu. $40 bara Beachfront Resort will be offering seatings per person over 12 years old; $20 for the younger Christmas Eve 3-8 p.m. and Christmas Day 1-7 ones. Call 686-8681. p.m. The menu includes Arctic char for $75, with butternut squash, sunchoke, rapini, Thum- JERSEY MIKE’S SUBS OPENS IN CARPINTERIA: Jerbelina carrot puree, and Meyer lemon kohlrabi sey Mike’s Subs has opened at 1054 Casitas slaw; spiced duck breast for $85, with braised Pass Road in Carpinteria. Other area locations leek, butterball potato, pancetta, broccoli rabe, include 1213 State Street, 3325 State Street, and mandarin jus, and crispy leek; prime rib for $95, 7034 Marketplace Drive in Goleta. The subwith horseradish potato puff, grilled asparagus, marine sandwich chain is headquartered in and sumac bearnaise; and winter’s Manasquan, New Jersey, and includes nearly harvest vegetables for $65, with 1,300 locations and 70 more in development roasted cauliflower, grilled across the United States. Call 318-1388 endive, shaved Brussels sprouts, glazed carrot, PACIFIC CRÊPES TO CLOSE: Readers Jonathan and scallion nage, pistachio, Richard let me know that Pacific Crêpes at 705 and sesame spice. Anacapa Street is closing at the end of the year after 22 years in business. I called the restaurant and was told that there is a new owner of the CHRISTMAS DAY building who wants to renovate the space and FREE DINNER AT CHICKEN try a different concept, possibly a marketplace. IN A BARREL BBQ: The new Chicken in a Barrel BBQ restau restau- MOSTO CRUDO CORRECTION: Last week I wrote that rant at 5711 Calle Real in Goleta is offering a free Mosto Crudo at 7 West Haley Street is moving Christmas meal on Christmas Day. I am told to 532 State Street, the former home of Sunny that it will be a traditional Christmas dinner for Korean Restaurant, Le Petit Bistrot, Verde, and anyone that needs a hot meal or a place to go. Zia Café. It turns out they are adding a second FINCH & FORK: Chef Peter Cham is hosting a location that will have a variety of new options, three-course menu at Finch & Fork, 31 West including pizza. The popular Haley Street eatery Carrillo Street. Dishes include winter duck liver will continue to stay in business as usual. John Dickson’s reporting can be found every day online at SantaBarbara.com. Send tips to info@SantaBarbara.com.

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is uncommonly accomplished and lustrous. He’s played with Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Barry White, Macy Gray, and Justin Timberlake, to name a few, and can be heard on the score of John Carpenter’s Vampires. Usually a resident of Arizona, where he runs a youth music program, the Dos Pueblos High School graduate felt a calling to return to his home stomping (and drumming) grounds. Rose Lane Studios president E. “Bucket” Baker “This is just the evolution,” Baker said of his musical trajectory. an upcoming “Phil Medina and Friends” “I’m a musician first. I know what it’s like comedy show at the Ventura Harbor Comto be hungry. I’ve been through the abso- edy Club on November 30 and December lute ringer in terms of the music industry. 1. Aesop’s Tables, a cooking show featuring I’m absolutely excited about what we’ve got Aesop from the hip-hop supergroup Livhere.” ing Legends, is in the works. Baker also has Since Baker took discussed the possibility of expanding into over two months ago, area schools with music business educathe results have been tion programs and has reached out to area big. Rose Lane art- junior high jazz bands about complimentary ist Mr. Criminal has recording sessions. It all comes with a more personable vibe already landed more than one million than big city studios. “I’m an absolute peoviews for his song “Elevate” with Wiz Khal- ple person,” Baker said. “We treat you like ifa, recorded in the studio. “We’re building family.” In the growing business districts of stars here,” Baker said. Other exciting artists Carpinteria, the studio sidesteps the often on the roster include Jonathan McEuen, an forbiddingly high cost of maintaining and 805 rocker known for his coastal country renting a music studio in Santa Barbara. sound. Rose Lane is also building up a list of The Rose Lane staff hope the studio might on-call producers, including Curtis Young strengthen a cross-coastal linkage between and Tracks a Million, Randy Tico, Austin the 805 and the music industry mecca of Mack, Billy D, and Overtone. Next year will L.A. also see the start of open-studio Wednes“We need to find the next Katy Perry days, Baker said, and the studio’s first full- from here, the next Glen Phillips. There are length release. According to Baker, “2019 is all these Santa Barbara natives who are talthe year of Rose Lane, because Bucket Baker ented, so now we really have the ways to is driving the ship now.” get them out there,” Baker said. “We’re here, The studio/label is helping reshape what we’re excited, and ready to go.” the area creative community can be. Rose For more information, visit roselane.com. Lane has already ventured into comedy, with — Richie DeMaria

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SBIFF’S 2019 VIRTUOSOS ANNOUNCED The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announcements of who will be honored at the 2019 festival come fast and furious as the event creeps ever nearer. The latest disclosure is of a fest favorite — the Virtuoso Awards.

Conceived as a way to honor individuals who give breakout performances in cinema, this year’s honorees are Yalitza Aparicio (Roma) Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born), Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade), Claire Foy (First Man), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie

(Leave No Trace), John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman), and Steven Yeun (Burning). For nearly a decade, entertainment interviewer Dave Karger has hosted this event, shepherding it from its modest beginning at the Lobero Theatre in 2009 to selling out the 2,000-seat Arlington, where it’s been held since 2012. “I’m so excited to join this phenomenal group of actors on stage in Santa Barbara,” said Karger of this year’s honorees. “From talented teenagers starring in their first feature films to veteran actors shining in career-best performances, this year’s Virtuosos prove that you can have a breakout moment at any point in your career,” he said. The Virtuosos will be honored Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at the Arlington Theatre. The Santa Barbara International Film Festival takes place January 30-February 9, 2019. See sbiff.org. — Michelle Drown

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ose Lane Studios is one of Santa Barbara County’s best-kept musical secrets — but it won’t be for much longer. Tucked away on Rose Lane in Carpinteria, the spacious spot houses a comprehensive production facility and label for musicians, comedians, filmmakers, and creators of all sorts. Recently renovated and refreshed with a new staff and vision for emerging artists, Rose Lane’s potential is just beginning to bloom. “We’re a one-stop shop,” Rose Lane Studios president E. “Bucket” Baker said. “Anyone with a dream can come here. We will help you. Come do your photoshoots, your videos, your music, your social media footprint — everything you need is in-house.” The new space imparts a clear, open vibe, with minimalist wood paneling offering a blank creative slate for artists. The specs are impressive. There’s a 2,700-square-foot soundstage, green screen, and Cloudcast studio for filming and photoshoots. There is a custom-designed Neve recording console, isolated sound rooms, and a tuned recording space, with wood and stone paneling providing different sound reflections. And then there’s the branding, website, design, and marketing division, helping project builders shape and sell their brand via the Rose Lane Records label. Opened in 2013 by producer Jim Messina (of Loggins and Messina), the studio started as an “on-again, off-again affair,” and “A couple heads and hands have changed over the years,” booking manager Aaron Alvarez said. Fast-forward to autumn of this year, when Baker, a renowned drummer and music teacher who grew up in the area, stepped in. Baker’s musical journey

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Killer Kaya has leveled up. Their newest album, Persimmon Perspective, released December 11, sees the popular area live act growing in leaps and bounds. “Expect a ride, expect a journey,” said the band’s guitarist/drummer/producer Zach Rengert. Many know the band as one of the town’s most prolific live acts, particularly of the psych-rock-funk variety. Persimmon Perspective is a psychedelic mashup of grinding guitar solos, saxophone flurries, and singer Apoorva Chiplunkar’s Grace Slick-esque vocals, all reverberating into something deliciously, fruitily groovy. The album takes its title from the third track, an homage to Rengert’s mother’s wisdom. “It has a lot to do with the positivity of life,” Rengert said. “My mother taught me that you can find the silver lining in anything. You can choose to live your life from a negative or positive perspective.” On this album, Killer Kaya’s perspective leans toward the exuberant. “It’s meant to be not so introspectively serious. It’s filled with the same kind of lighthearted humor we bring to our shows; it’s meant to be something we can laugh about and joke about.” Fans of the band will recognize many of the cuts from their live sets, with upbeat bops such as “101” and spacey epic rockers like closer “Space Race.” Inspired as much by jazz-fusion acts like Snarky Puppy as by ’60s-’70s psychedelia, the band opted to run its saxophones through guitar effects pedals for a maximally trippy effect. The album was mastered and coproduced in Joshua Tree by Tommy Dietrick, the festival director behind last year’s underrated Starry Nites Festival in Santa Ynez. The band met Dietrick when they played at Starry Nites, and from there, S.B.’s underground rock scene continued to expand its borders. With Persimmon Perspective, Killer Kaya helps widen the lens of the 805’s musical aperture. It’s also worth checking out in the way it continues the 805’s cultural legacy of manifesting and exporting our unique abundance of sunshine and coastal vibes. Fun, funky, and forward-looking, it’s an exciting progression for a band whose potential continues to grow. Check it out on all the usual internet platforms. — RD

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n December 1907, when the passenger ship SS Furnessia set sail for New York from Londonderry in Northern Ireland, the passengers were poised, as so many immigrants are, between hope and loss. They were leaving behind their homes, and they were hoping that the new life they sought in America would fulfill their dreams. On the approximately AN IRISH IMMIGRANT 10 days’ passage aboard this transatlantic steamer, they came together by sharing holiday traditions of all sorts — dances, songs, stories, and games — all intended to create a festive spirit to allay their fears and by Charles Donelan feed their imaginations of the New World with positive feelings of community. It’s this historical voyage, and a wide range of holiday entertainments that could have been part of it, that this year’s Santa Barbara Revels has set out to portray. Revels, a national institution that curates and presents diverse solstice holiday traditions through historically faithful performance, is set to go on the weekend before Christmas at the Lobero Theatre. After Revels was forced to cancel several performances due to last year’s Thomas Fire, this upcoming trio of shows stands to be the most important weekend yet for the company. With more than 70 performers and a loyal following, it’s as honest and heartfelt a holiday celebration as any community anywhere could possibly wish for, and it ought to elicit an outpouring of support. Revels’ unique combination of seasonal cheer and painstaking archival research puts it into a category of its own when it comes to family holiday spectacles. The devotion that Revels has inspired among our city’s top actors, singers, and dancers testifies to the special feeling of authentic community it was created to engender. At each Revels performance, there’s always something to learn and something to cherish as a reminder that these holiday traditions are older and more enduring than any commercial fad. This year the whole show is understood to take place on the decks of a steamer as it makes its way to Ellis Island, and when, on Christmas Eve, the ship’s passengers catch sight of the Statue of Liberty, the ensuing celebration merges holiday feeling with American patriotism. Along the way, there’s much to discover. For example, the carol known as “Deck the Halls” began as a Welsh New Year’s tune called “Nos Galan.” Dancers would improvise verses as they moved in a circle around the harp, whose instrumental parts are now rendered by the vocalese “fa la la la las.” Story songs such as “The King Has …” will be performed by excellent area actors, including Jason Bowe, Bill Egan, Meredith McMinn, Josh Jenkins, Rich Hoag, and Courtney Simpson. Music-hall numbers will alternate with more serious songs, such as “Down by the Salley Gardens,” which is a musical setting of a poem by the great Irish writer W.B. Yeats. Audiences can participate in the traditional “Lord of the Dance” and then relish the pairing of Emma Lazarus’s “The New Colossus” with Isaac Watts’s “Joy to the World.” As produced and directed by Santa Barbara Revels founder Susan Keller, this is a holiday tradition you won’t want to miss.

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atricia Kopatchinskaja has to be one of the most exciting performers in the world right now. On Tuesday at Hahn Hall, the Moldovan violinist and her recital partner pianist Polina Leschenko delivered two hours of 20th-century chamber music of the utmost urgency. The program, which included compositions by Béla Bartók, Francis Poulenc, George Enescu, and Maurice Ravel, served as a reminder of the extreme velocity of change in the sonata form between the world wars. Kopatchinskaja now inhabits this realm of startling musical innovation with an absolute conviction that’s thrilling to behold. Bartók’s Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76 (1922), Poulenc’s Sonata FP 119 (1942), and Enescu’s Sonata No. 3, Op. 25 (1922) have much in common— a high degree of technical difficulty, the decentering of classical sonata form, and Presented by UCSB Arts roots in both Eastern and Lectures at the Music Academy’s Hahn European folk traditions and the latest Hall on Tue., Dec. 11. innovations of modernism. This volatile combination of factors is both what keeps these compositions so intensely alive, and what makes them a perfect fit for Kopatchinskaja and for Leschenko, who is as molten and powerful a pianist as her partner is a violin virtuoso. Without ever stooping to what she has called a “cut-and-paste” approach,

Kopatchinskaja adheres closely to the expressed intentions of the composers while consistently making fresh choices. The Poulenc and Enescu pieces in particular called for powerful contributions from Leschenko, while the Ravel, his well-known Tzigane, began with a breathtaking four minutes of solo violin. Kopatchinskaja concluded with two encores, including one by John Cage that looked forward to her appearance in April in a concert focused on works by members of Fluxus at the Getty Museum. It was a rare treat to experience this one-of-a-kind performer again so soon after her stint as artistic director of the Ojai Music Festival. — Charles Donelan

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n 2017, 99 bills designed to limit access to the ballot were introduced in 31 states, more than in 2015 and 2016 combined. What’s going on with the fundamental right of voting in America? This is the question that Emory University professor and author Carol Anderson seeks to answer in One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy. The irony that the United States, which for decades lectured other nations about democracy and free and fair elections, has a long history of denying the franchise to certain voters isn’t lost on Anderson. The book couldn’t be more timely, as evidenced by the recent midterm elections, which in some states saw long lines at polling places, malfunctioning voting machines, provisional ballots, and hotly contested vote recounts in Florida, Georgia, and Arizona, along with the now-reflexive cries of voter fraud from Republicans and the White House. In meticulous detail, One Person, No Vote explains how voter suppression works, from the infamous Mississippi Plan and its discriminatory poll taxes, to modern

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day secretaries of state such as Kris Kobach and Brian Kemp purging thousands of eligible voters from the polls. Throw in recent Supreme Court decisions, like the gutting of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, add a pinch of skillful and deliberate partisan and racial gerrymandering to the mix, and voting — at least for minorities, the poor, students, the disabled, and residents of rural areas — flips from being a constitutionally guaranteed right to a privilege. One would think that casting a ballot in a country that takes such pride in its democracy and the rule of law would be a relatively simple matter. Instead what’s playing out are the machinations and manipulations of a political party, the GOP, that can read the demographic writing on the w a l l . Unable to win legitimately at the polls, the GOP rigs the game, making it as hard as possible for certain people to vote. California, Oregon, and Colorado are pushing back against the anti-democratic tide and trying to make voting easier, but as Anderson points out, “We have created a nation where democracy is simultaneously atrophying and growing — depending

he Inland Empire may seem an unlikely setting for the beginning of a Southern California detective story, but most of the characters in Jonathan Lethem’s new novel The Feral Detective are about as far from L.A. glamour as one could imagine. The book begins in the gritty nowhere of Upland, moves to the Mount Baldy Zen Center after the fall of its disgraced abbot, and ultimately finds its real home in the Mojave Desert. It’s in the desert that we meet the two off-thegrid communities—the female Rabbits and the male Bears — central to the novel’s plot. The two groups once lived together in hippie bliss but now dwell separately, in semi-open hostility. Into this world steps Phoebe Siegler, looking for a friend’s missing daughter. Phoebe — who has recently quit her job at the New York Times — provides the wisecracks and snappy patter we expect from a private detective in a novel. By contrast, Charles Heist, the feral detective of the book’s title, is taciturn in the extreme. Phoebe describes his

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ete Shelley passed away on December 6, 2018. A pivotal figure in the British punk-rock scene of the ’70s-’80s as coleader of the Buzzcocks (arguably the third-most important band of that era after the Sex Pistols and The Clash), Shelley brought humor and humanism to his punk-pop masterpieces — including “Fiction Romance,” “What Do I Get?,” and “Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)” — which often dealt

with unrequited love and angst. He was a music hero whose tunes influ influenced Nirvana, Green Day, The Strokes, and many other groups. As a genderfluid individual, Shelley was also ahead of the curve. Buzzcocks’ The Way was the last album the band recorded before Shel Shelley’s passing. Although not groundbreaking, it still con contains some ace Shelley tunes, including “Keep on Believing,” “Virtually Real,” and “Out of the Blue.” — Sean Mageean

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entura County native Anderson .Paak’s triple-threat prowess as an instrumentalist, rapper, and singer is showcased on his latest album, Oxnard. .Paak’s punchy drumming and vocal performances are particu-larly notable throughout his SoCal-infused compositions. .Paak is a vocal chameleon, transforming his vocals from vibrant harmonies on “Sweet Chick” to a raspy, lower register on “Saviers Road.” The rapper strays from the neo-soul that defined his Malibu and Yes Lawd! projects; Dr. Dre’s production dominates the

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a&e | FILM & TV CONT’D FROM P. 51 York Times piece “The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year-Old Drug Mule,” the film also stars Bradley Cooper, Dianne Wiest, and Andy Garcia. Paseo Nuevo Once Upon a Deadpool (119 mins., PG-13)

This PG-13 retelling of Deadpool 2 sees the super/antihero Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) telling his story to Fred Savage, parodying the format of The Princess Bride, which Savage starred in as a kid. Fiesta 5

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Once Upon a Deadpool was a child prodigy, Russian-trained, and imbued with a dignity that suffered under the shortening of his name to “Don” by his record label. The film’s greatest transformation comes from Mortensen, who put on 25 pounds before the film began and added another 20 while playing Tony Vallelonga, aka Tony Lip. His son Nick Vallelonga wrote the script, holding off until after Don Shirley had died, as requested. It’s a restraint that Green Book plays with so well that the usually blasé Santa Barbara film audience couldn’t help but erupt with applause at film’s end. (JY) Paseo Nuevo

The Grinch (90 mins., PG) The Grinch features a vivid, modern adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s 1957 tale, punched up with delightful rap and sugary tunes. Benedict Cumberbatch plays this woefully uninspired Grinch, a slouch who refuses to even budge an inch. Luckily, Cindy Lou Who (Cameron Seely) offsets his funk with her gang of friends, who share her bent for adventure and spunk. This Whoville Christmas is three times larger — all too wholesome for a creature whose heart is “two sizes” smaller. You certainly can’t trade this new Grinch for its 1966 animated predecessor, but it’s a cinematic sight to behold. Small children will certainly delight in this charming holiday film, and adults will appreciate its visual trills. (PL) Camino Real/Fiesta 5

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Just when you wonder, “Do I really need to see another music doc about an icon?” here comes a doozy — and

the answer is yes, you do. Director Tom Volf has achieved something spectacular with his passionate, innovative portrait of the great soprano. For one, he refuses to skimp on the musical evidence, allowing the prima donna to demonstrate her mastery in full arias (which sometimes reflect on her real life) and to tell her story in her own words — through writings and letters or in archival interviews with Edward R. Murrow, David Frost, and others. Callas endures attacks after a voice meltdown at the Rome Opera (with Bellini in the house), scraps with the Met, and wavering romancing with “Aristo” Onassis. She also loves the camera, and vice versa, as seen in ample footage of her beaming elegance in public. Maria by Callas succeeds in making us fall in love again (or for the first time) with Callas, and with opera. (JW) Riviera (Sat-Sun., Tue., Dec. 23-23, 25, 11:30am)

Mortal Engines (128 mins., PG-13) Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens wrote the screenplay for this postapocalyptic sci-fi film about a teenager, Tom (Robert Sheehan), who is thrown off London, which is now a motorized, mobile city that roams the earth looking for waning resources. Based on Philip Reeve’s novel of the same name. Camino Real/Metro 4

The Mule (116 mins., R) Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this crime drama about an aged horticulturist and Korean War vet who is arrested for transporting $3 million in cocaine for a Mexican cartel. Based on Sam Dolnick’s New

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Alfonso Cuarón has painted a masterpiece. The rightfully acclaimed Mexican director, behind Y Tu Mamá También, Children of Men, and Gravity has gone deeper and more personal with Roma, a profoundly artistic achievement and a poignant tale drawn from his own childhood in 1970s Mexico City. Shot in luminous black-and-white and with echoes of lyrical Fellini films and neorealism, Cuarón has given the world a rare glimpse into Mexican life, with special compassion for the beloved indigenous protagonist, Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), and women’s issues. Dare we say the Film of the Year? (JW) Riviera

Ralph Breaks the Internet (112 mins., PG)

In this sequel to 2012’s Wreck-It Ralph, six years have passed and the aging steering wheel controller on the Sugar Rush game console has broken. The machine is unplugged, and it’s up to Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz to find a replacement steering wheel on the internet before the game is shut down.

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ani Moreno’s coach gave her a week off after she

Moreno’s accomplishments in 2017 ended with her defended her women’s title on December 2 at triumphant debut in the XTERRA World Championthe XTERRA Trail Run World Championship, ships, a trail-running fixture since 2008. The scenic a punishing 21-kilometer race on hilly terrain in course, the setting for many Hollywood movies, is on Hawai‘i. It was her fifth victory of 2018 on the trail-runKualoa Ranch in Oahu. ning circuit. This year Moreno, 26, ventured into skyrunning, a “Have fun,” Terry Howell said. The next time they high-altitude sport popular in Europe. “It’s very technitalked, Moreno excitedly told him, “I just got back from cal running on hard courses,” she said. In November, skydiving.” She was not content to take one jump out of a she won the women’s U.S. Skyrunning Championship plane near Lompoc. She jumped four times. at El Paso, Texas. Flashing an innocent smile, Moreno confessed her conThen it was on to Hawai‘i, where two-time chamdition in an interview last week: “Adrenaline junkie … I pion Polina Carlson was geared up for the XTERRA race, and elite marathoner Taylor Ward also was think so.” Her other activities include rock climbing, snowboardentered. “I took my time going out,” Moreno said. “I ing, kayaking, lobster diving, and spearfishing. Those, made a move at mile five. My legs felt strong. I was conalong with her job as a program manager at Procore in fident. A mile and a half from the finish, there was an Carpinteria, enable her to achieve some balance in life. army tower where war movies were filmed. Somebody But if there’s an occasion when she totally channels all up there shouted, ‘Go, Polina.’ I realized how close she her mental and physical resources, it’s when she races on was and pushed harder.” Moreno finished a minute and a half ahead of Carlson for the women’s crown and was a trail. “Her toughness belies what you see,” Howell said. “Dani ninth overall out of 556 runners. looks like a sweet little girl. Then the gun goes off, and she’s In the coming year, Moreno has set her sights on some kind of beast. She gets so aggressive. She’s a racer, her first ultra-distance race, the FOURmidable 50K on February 16 in the mountains around Auburn, not a runner.” It may have been infused in her before birth. “My mom California. “All the best women will be there,” she said. ran when she was pregnant with me,” she said. Both her “I’m excited to see where I stack up.” The course has parents were LAPD officers. Dani, the middle of five four major climbs — which also means four descents children, grew up in Downey and was an accomplished where Santa Barbara’s downhill demon will be picking athlete at Warren High School. That led her to run crossup the pace. country and track at UCSB. She is the fourth-fastest female On the same day Moreno was tearing up the course 10,000-meter runner in Gaucho history, clocking 34:23 in Hawai‘i, five runners coached by Howell came up in 2015. with excellent results in the California International But years of training and competing, all the while Marathon at Sacramento, a race that also served as the being a diligent student, left her burnt out. “After college, U.S. Marathon Championship. Two of them— Jarrett LeBlanc of Louisiana and I thought I was never going to compete again,” she said. “I didn’t run for several months.” She stayed in Santa Barbara Ryan Miller of Texas—ran Olympic Trials A Standard and found work as an outdoor guide. When she resumed qualifying times, finishing respectively in 10th place running, it was different from before, inspired by a sense of (2:13:52) and 12th (2:14:27). Curly Guillen, who lives in freedom. “I would blow off steam by running 10 minutes Goleta, finished 51st in 2:18:50, the second time he has up and down the San Ysidro Trail,” she said. hit the Olympic Trials B Standard. Something clicked in her when she was on steep Santa Barbara’s Jill Deering, seven months after givground, and she began exploring other trails that are laced ing birth to her first child, set a marathon personal on the slopes above the city. “I heard there were trail races,” record of 2:48:32, as did SBCC professor Jenn BetanDOWNHILL DEMON: Dani Moreno’s skill in negotiating steep descents is a hallmark court (2:52:21). she said. “I did a small trail 10K. I won a coffee cup. It was of her trail-running success. the coolest thing ever. I never won anything in college.” “With Dani winning in Hawai‘i, it was a dream day n In March 2016, Moreno entered the Marin Ultra Chalfor any coach,” Howell said. lenge, a 25-kilometer race in Sausalito, and set a new course record. A cash prize came with it. She was now a serious professional athlete. She has acquired several sponsors, The winningest team in women’s college basketball including hometown shoe and apparel companies Hoka One history and a top-20-caliber men’s team will be One and rabbit. Ramiro “Curly” Guillen, another former UCSB runner, convisiting Santa Barbara the next two weekends. nected her with Howell, a Santa Barbara–based nutritional consultant who provides individual training programs for a dozen men and women he calls the “Blue-Collar Runners” 12/21: College Women’s Basketball: Wayland Baptist at 12/29: College Men’s Basketball: San Francisco at UCSB The because they all have full-time jobs. Running is not a simple Westmont The Flying Queens of Wayland have claimed more than Gauchos will be favored to raise their home-court record to 5-0 thing to Howell. He sees science and technique in the sport. 1,600 wins, including a collegiate record 131-game winning streak when they take on Idaho State at 2 p.m. this Saturday, but USF In Moreno’s case, he points out her skill and concentration in in the 1950s. Westmont met them in the 2018 NAIA national semiwill present a major challenge a week later. The Dons are off to a racing downhill. finals and pulled out a 56-54 victory. Wayland got off to a 9-0 start 10-1 start, losing only to No. 14–ranked Buffalo by four spoints. this season and brings a No. 3 ranking into the Friday-afternoon UCSB came home from Texas with an 8-2 record after defeating “She has no fear,” Howell said. “She goes downhill with rematch with the No. 11 Westmont women. Top-ranked Vanguard Rice in overtime, 99-89, as junior guard Max Heidegger scored 22 abandon. On a rocky trail with roots, she does something needed a fourth-quarter rally to take down the Warriors, 63-57, points in his first action since recovering from a concussion. 7pm. right with her feet, picking them up and putting them down two weeks ago. 2pm. Murchison Gym, Westmont College, 955 La The Thunderdome, UCSB. $8-$29. Call 893-UCSB (8272) or visit without any missteps. She’s good going uphill, but others are Paz Rd. Free-$8. Call 565-6010 or visit athletics.westmont.edu. ucsbgauchos.com. better. She flies downhill.”

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Breszny ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Consumer Reports says that between

1975 and 2008, the average number of products for sale in a supermarket rose from about 9,000 to nearly 47,000. The glut is holding steady. Years ago, you selected from among three or four brands of soup and shampoo. Nowadays you may be faced with 20 varieties of each. I suspect that 2019 will bring a comparable expansion in some of your life choices, Aries — especially when you’re deciding what to do with your future and who your allies should be. This could be both a problem and a blessing. For best results, opt for choices that have all three of these qualities: fun, usefulness, and meaningfulness.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): People have been trying to convert

ordinary metals into gold since at least 300 CE. At that time, an Egyptian alchemist named Zosimos of Panopolis unsuccessfully mixed sulfur and mercury in the hope of performing such magic. Fourteen centuries later, seminal scientist Isaac Newton also failed in his efforts to produce gold from cheap metal. But now let’s fast-forward to 20th-century chemist Glenn T. Seaborg, a distinguished researcher who won a share of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1951. He and his team did an experiment with bismuth, an element that’s immediately adjacent to lead on the periodical table. By using a particle accelerator, they literally transmuted a small quantity of bismuth into gold. I propose that we make this your teaching story for 2019. May it inspire you to seek transformations that have never before been possible.

year, I’ll be rooting for you to draw inspiration from the latter, not the former. Erecting new boundaries will be healthy for you — if it’s done out of love and for the sake of your health, not out of fear and divisiveness.

manholm. Speak her words as if they were your own. “On Earth I had been held, honeysuckled not just by honeysuckle but by everything — marigolds, bog after bog of small sundews, the cold smell of spruce.”

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LIBRA

(June 21-July 22): Cancerian poet and filmmaker Jean

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Be very, very careful what you put Cocteau advised artists to notice the aspects of their into that head, because you will never, ever get it out.” work that critics didn’t like — and then cultivate those This advice is sometimes attributed to 16th-century precise aspects. He regarded the dispolitician and cardinal Thomas paraged or misconstrued elements Wolsey. Now I’m offering it to you HOMEWORK: Write a parable as being key to an artist’s uniqueas one of your important themes or fairy tale that captures what your in 2019. Here’s how you can best ness and originality, even if they life has been like in 2018. Testify at were as-yet immature. I’m expandtake it to heart. First, be extremely Freewillastrology.com. ing his suggestion and applying it to discerning about what ideas, theoall of you Crabs during the next 10 ries, and opinions you allow to flow months, even if you’re not strictly an into your imagination. Make sure artist. Watch carefully what your community seems to they’re based on objective facts and make sure they’re misunderstand about the new trends you’re pursuing, good for you. Second, be aggressive about purging old ideas, theories, and opinions from your head, especially and work hard to ripen them. if they’re outmoded, unfounded, or toxic.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): In 1891, a 29-year-old British mother

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named Constance Garnett decided she would study the Russian language and become a translator. She learned fast. During the next 40 years, she produced English translations of 71 Russian literary books, including works by Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, and Chekhov. Many had never before been rendered in English. I see 2019 as a Constance Garnett–type year for you, Leo. Any late-blooming potential you might possess could enter a period of rapid maturation. Awash in enthusiasm and ambition, you’ll have the power to launch a new phase of development that could animate and motivate you for a long time.

(May 21-June 20): United States President Donald

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Trump wants to build a concrete and fenced wall between Mexico and America, hoping to slow down the flow of immigrants across the border. Meanwhile, 12 Northern African countries are collaborating to build a 4,750-mile-long wall of drought-resistant trees at the border of the Sahara, hoping to stop the desert from swallowing up farmland. During the coming

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(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’ll be bold and predict that 2019 will

be a nurturing chapter in your story; a time when you will feel loved and supported to a greater degree than usual; a phase when you will be more at home in your body and more at peace with your fate than you have in a long time. I have chosen an appropriate blessing to bestow upon you, written by the poet Claire Wah-

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Memorize this quote by author Peter

Newton and keep it close to your awareness during the coming months: “No remorse. No if-onlys. Just the alertness of being.” Here’s another useful maxim, this one from author Mignon McLaughlin: “Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.” Shall we make it a lucky three mottoes to live by in 2019? This one’s by author A.A. Milne: “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Until 1920, most American women

didn’t have the right to vote. For that matter, few had ever been candidates for public office. There were exceptions. In 1866, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the first to seek a seat in Congress. In 1875, Victoria Woodhull ran for president. Susanna Salter became the first woman mayor in 1887. According to my analysis of the

astrological omens, Sagittarius, 2019 will be a StantonWoodhull-Salter type of year for you. You’re likely to be ahead of your time and primed to innovate. You’ll have the courage and resourcefulness necessary to try seemingly unlikely and unprecedented feats, and you’ll have a knack for ushering the future into the present.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Studies show that the best possible

solution to the problem of homelessness is to provide cheap or free living spaces for the homeless. Not only is it the most effective way of helping the people involved; in the long run, it’s also the least expensive. Is there a comparable problem in your personal life? A chronic difficulty that you keep putting Band-Aids on but that never gets much better? I’m happy to inform you that 2019 will be a favorable time to dig down to find deeper, more fundamental solutions; to finally fix a troublesome issue rather than just addressing its symptoms.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Many people in Iceland write poems, but only a few publish them. There’s even a term for those who put their creations away in a drawer rather than seeking an audience: Skúffuskáld literally translated as “drawer poet.” Is there a comparable phenomenon in your life, Aquarius? Do you produce some good thing but never share it? Is there a part of you that you’re proud of but keep secret? Is there an aspect of your ongoing adventures that’s meaningful but mostly private? If so, 2019 will be the year you might want to change your mind about it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Scientists at Goldsmiths University

in London did a study to determine the catchiest pop song ever recorded. After extensive research in which they evaluated an array of factors, they decided that Queen’s “We Are the Champions” is the song that more people love to sing than any other. This triumphant tune happens to be your theme song in 2019. I suggest you learn the lyrics and melody, and sing it once every day. It should help you build on the natural confidencebuilding influences that will be streaming into your life.

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personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Steven F. Barnes. Barnes & Barnes, 1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (805) 687‑6660 Published Dec 13, 20, 27 2018. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DIANE HELEN MACKAY also known as DIANE MACKAY and DIANE HELEN MURPHY Case No.: 18PR00586 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of DIANE HELEN MACKAY, also known as DIANE MACKAY and DIANE HELEN MURPHY A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: CHRISTOPHER MACKAY in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: CHRISTOPHER MACKAY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will

be held in this court as follows: 01/24/2019 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Jeffrey B. Soderborg, Barnes & Barnes: 1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (805) 687‑6660 Published Dec 20, 27 2018. Jan 3 2019.

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to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 01/24/2019 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Jeffrey B. Soderborg. Barnes & Barnes, 1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (805) 687‑6660 Published Dec 20, 27 2018. Jan 3 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ARRIBA WAY CONCERNED NEIGHBORS UNITED at 2928 Arriba Way Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Michael E. Corrigan (same address) Tine Sloan (same address) This business is conducted by an Trust Signed: Michael Corrigan Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 14, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0003004. Published: Nov 29. Dec 6, 13, 20 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: UPPER VILLAGE at 2793 Sycamore Canyon Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Francesca Hunter (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Francesca Hunter Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 15, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0003021. Published: Nov 29. Dec 6, 13, 20 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BUD BOTTOMS STUDIO at 1030 San Diego Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Carole Ann Cole Trustee (same address) This business is conducted by an Trust Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 15, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2018‑0003017. Published: Nov 29. Dec 6, 13, 20 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLAUDIA A. DESIGNS at 831 W. Victoria St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Claudia Abderhalden (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Claudia Abderhalden Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 05, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0002929. Published: Nov 29. Dec 6, 13, 20 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SKYE DYES at 738 Cieneguitas Rd Apt A Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Skye Ramseyer (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Skye Ramseyer Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 20, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2018‑0003047. Published: Nov 29. Dec 6, 13, 20 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RANDALL HANDYMAN at 956 Calle Cortita Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Benjamin Joseph Randall (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 20, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2018‑0003048. Published: Nov 29. Dec 6, 13, 20 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE BODY ZONE at 113 W. Mission St Suite C Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Adriana Jesus Reyna (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 21, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinge. FBN Number: 2018‑0003053. Published: Nov 29. Dec 6, 13, 20 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HDS NATURALS at 133 E. De La Guerra #75 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Herbl, Inc. 29 El Paseo Santa barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Jacqueline Hartwell, CRO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 21, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2018‑0003051. Published: Nov 29. Dec 6, 13, 20 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 3DMP at 133 East De La Guerra Street #288 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Dwight R Buck (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 19, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2018‑0003037. Published: Nov 29. Dec 6, 13, 20 2018.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA IMPROV at 1718 Calle Cerro Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Alan Irwin (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 26, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0003065. Published: Nov 29. Dec 6, 13, 20 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTER FOR SPECIALIZED SURGERY OF SANTA BARBARA at 2927 De La Vina St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Gold Coast Surgery Center, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Jeannette Alvarez Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 26, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0003064. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CHAUCER’S, CHAUCER’S BOOKSTORE, CHAUCER’S BOOKS, CHAUCER’S BOOKSTORE, INC., CHAUCER’S BOOKS, INC. at 3321 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Chaucer’s, Inc. 2744 Exeter Place Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 28, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Connie Tran. FBN Number: 2018‑0003083. Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BECK FOR PRESIDENT at 4202 Calle Real #224 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Sanderson Beck (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 04, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2018‑0003124. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA PODIATRY at 735 State Street Suite 515 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jonathan Matzkin‑Bridger 4532 Auhay Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Jonathan Matzkin‑Bridger Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 28, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0003084. Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SATELLITE PICTURES at 315 Meigs Rd. #A‑515 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Ryan Pettey 1739 Clearview Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 15, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0003013. Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALOHA PEDICABS at 682 San Felipe Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Michele Angelo Zaragoza (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 30, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0003095. Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WIDEOPEN at 506 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Francis E Collin 5382 Santa Rosa Lane Carpinteria, CA 93013 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Francis E. Collin Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 05, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0003126. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ISLAND VIEW GLASS ART at 1939 2nd Street Eureka, CA 95501; Island View Glass Distribution, LLC 5276 Hollister Ave. #457 Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Bryan Pinkerton Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 27, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0003071. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PINKERTON INSURANCE AGENCY at 5276 Hollister Ave #457 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Bryan Pinkerton 5054 University Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Bryan Pinkerton Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 27, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0003072. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CELEBRITY REAL ESTATE at 5142 Hollister Ave, Suite 242 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Nyborg & Asscoiates, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Stacie D. Nyborg, President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 26, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0003057. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A+ at 160 Camino De Vida Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Jose Luis Corrales Duran (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 07, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Connie Tran. FBN Number: 2018‑0003145. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SBCBD at 27 W Anapamu St, Ste 286 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; SB123 LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 10, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2018‑0003151. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ROCKFISH MARINE at 1920 Elise Way Unit B Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Dana Curtis Johnson (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 10, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2018‑0003159. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OURLY at 508 East Haley St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Gaviota Global Industries (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: David M Swabash Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 04, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2018‑0003118. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA REGENERATIVE HEALTH CLINIC at 2425 Bath Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Santa Barbara Regenerative Health Clinic (same address) This business is conducted by an CorporationSigned: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 05, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2018‑0003132. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: ST. GEORGE & ASSOCIATES at 831 Cliff Drive, Suite 100 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Edward St. George, Trustee of The Edward St. George Revocable Trust (same address) This business is conducted by an Trust Signed: Amine Chebouli Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 05, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0003131. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: M & M CONCRETE CONTRACTOR at 311 Verano Dr #60 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Juan Davalos Orozco (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Juan Davalos Orozco Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 03, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2018‑0003110. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PIONEER PLUMBING at 816 1/2 E. Carrillo Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Fredrico Gonzales (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Fredrico Gonzales Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 03, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2018‑0003108. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SUNRISE DETAIL MOBILE CARWASH at 283 Ellwood Beach Dr #2 Goleta, CA 93117; Elfego Munoz (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Elfego Munoz Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 03, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2018‑0003106. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CULLIGAN OF LOMPOC at 1001 W. Apple Ave. Lompoc, CA 93436; CRH California Water, Inc. 10821 E 26th Street North Wichita, KS 67226 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 29, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0003088. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SGT GLASS at 7465 Hollister Ave. Space 408 Goleta, CA 93117; Jose Flores (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Jose Flores Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 05, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2018‑0003133. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA SOCIAL CLUB at 4135 Via Andorra #A Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Susan Aumack 3463 State St #506 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Jeannie 4135 Via Andorra #A Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by an Unincorporated Association Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 26, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0003056. Published: Dec 13, 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAGE AND SMITH at 1367 Danielson Rd Unit A Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Nora Lieber (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 03, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2018‑0003107. Published: Dec 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03, 10 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HAUNTED MOUNTAIN at 120 Ocean View Carpinteria, CA 93013; Matthew Todd Campos (same address) Eran Olivas P.O. Box Summerland, CA 93067 This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Eran Olivas Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 12, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2018‑0003178. Published: Dec 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03, 10 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: M & M CONCRETE CONTRACTOR at 311 Verano Dr #60 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Juan Carlos Davalos Orozco (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 13, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2018‑0003182. Published: Dec 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03, 10 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: EARTHKNOWER STUDIO at 225 W. Figueroa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Robert F. Adams (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 17, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2018‑0003204. Published: Dec 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OFFROAD. NET at 6073 Paseo Palmilla Goleta, CA 93117; Colby Hill (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Colby Hill Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 11, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2018‑0003160. Published: Dec 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03, 10 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LUBOVE, LUBOVE TALENT AGENCY, LUBOVE MANAGEMENT, LUBOVE MODELING AGENCY at 511 E. Gutierrez Street Suite A Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Scott Roush 1020 Bath Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Paul Vertsekha 38 La Calera Way Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 11, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0003161. Published: Dec 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03, 10 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: STA. RITA HILLS VENTURES at 3290 Wild Oak Road Lompoc, CA 93436; Ryan Paul Reyes (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 17, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2018‑0003203. Published: Dec 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03, 10 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BEEF JERKY EXPERIENCE at 485 Alisal Road #198 Solvang, CA 93463; Crisp High Five, Inc. 42652 71st Street W Lancaster, CA 93536 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 14, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0003196. Published: Dec 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03, 10 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TERI MALINOWSKI PROJECT MANAGEMENT at 414 Olive Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Teri Harmon Project Management 3375 Foothill Rd #233 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an CorporationSigned: Teri Malinowski, CEO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 12, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2018‑0003177. Published: Dec 20, 27. 2018. Jan 03, 10 2019.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CHLOE JADE MADILL ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 18CV05877 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: CHLOE JADE MADILL TO: CHLOE KATSUYAMA HOKE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Feb 20, 2019 9:30am, Dept 6, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show

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PUBLIC NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ANACAPA DIVISION Estate of JOHN A. ERNEST, Decedent Case No. 18PR00344 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE (PROBATE CODE §§10300, 10304) Department 5 (Hon. Colleen Sterne) 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, subject to confirmation by this court, on January 4, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., or thereafter within the time allowed by law, MARK WATSON as administrator of the estate of the above‑named decedent, will sell at private sale to the highest and best net bidder on the terms and conditions stated below all right, title, and interest of the decedent at the time of death and all right, title, and interest that the estate has acquired in addition to that of the decedent at the time of death, in the real property located in Santa Barbara County, California. 2. This property is commonly referred to as 638 Sutton Ave., Santa Barbara, California, assessor’s parcel number 035‑060‑015, and is more fully described as follows: THOSE PORTIONS OF LOT 140 OF THE OUTSIDE PUEBLO LANDS OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, IN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DESCRIBED IN PARCELS AS FOLLOWS: PARCEL ONE: BEGINNING AT THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF CLOCK 199, AS SHOWN ON THE OFFICIAL MAP OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, AND RUNNING THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID BLOCKL 155 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID LINE OF SAID BLOCK 75 FEE; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES SOUTHWESTERLY 76 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES NORTHWESTERLY 75 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES NORTHEASTERLY 76 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL TWO:

BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF BLOCK 199, AS SHOWN ON THE OFFICIAL MAP OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, DISTANT THEREON 155 FEET SOUTHEASTERLY FROM THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF SAID BLOCK, SAID POINT OF BEGINNING BEING ALSO THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF THE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED IN THE DEED TO MARIE SMITH, ET CON., DATED NOVEMBER 2, 1942, AND RECORDED IN BOOK 566 AT PAGE 263 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY; THENCE NORTH 48B30’ WEST ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID BLOCK 30 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 41B30’ WEST 120 FEET; THENCE NORTH 37B30’ EAST 63.34 FEET TO A POINT IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID SMITH TRACT OF LAND; THENCE NORTH 48B30’ WEST ALONG SAID LAST MENTIONED LINE 15.56 FEET TO THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER THEReOF; THENCE NORTH 41B30’ EAST 76 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL THREE: AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN SAID BLOCK 199 AT THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED TO GLADYS MARLOW FOUTS BY DEED DATED AUGUST 29, 1941 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 531, PAGE 193, OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY; THENCE FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING NORTH 48B30’ WEST 125 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF DE LA GUERRA STREET; THENCE SOUTH 41B30’ WEST ALONG SAID LINE OF DE LA GUERRA STREET 15 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 48B30’ EAST 131.06 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT; THENCE NORTH 87B30’ EAST 83.88 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 48B30’ WEST 20.85 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 87B30’ WEST 63.34 FEET OF THE POINT OF BEGINNING. 3. The property will be sold subject to current taxes, covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, rights, rights of way, and easements of record, with any encumbrances of record to be satisfied from the purchase price. 4. The property is to be sold on an “AS‑IS” basis, except for title. 5. The personal representative has given an exclusive listing to Jeff Oien, Village Properties (Cal BRE# 00852118), 1436 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Tel: 805‑896‑1824; email: jeff@villagesite.com. Contact the listing broker for showings and disclosures. 6. Bids or offers are invited for this property and must be in writing and can be mailed to the office of Jeff Oien, Village Properties, 1436 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Tel: 805‑896‑ 1824; email: jeff@villagesite.com, or delivered to Jeff Oien personally, at any time after the first publication of this notice and before any sale is made. 7 The property will be sold on the following terms: Cash, or cash to a new loan, the terms of such credit to be acceptable to the undersigned and to the court. The estate shall pay only such real estate broker’s commissions and in such amount as allowed by the Court out of the proceeds of the sale. 8. Taxes, rents, operating and maintenance expenses, and premiums on insurance acceptable to the purchaser shall be prorated as of the date of confirmation of

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sale. Examination of title, recording of conveyance, transfer taxes, and any title insurance policy shall be at the expense of the purchaser or purchasers. 9. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. 10. For further information and bid forms, contact Jeff Oien, Village Properties (Cal BRE# 00852118), 1436 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Tel: 805‑896‑1824; email: jeff@villagesite.com. Jeffrey B. Soderborg, Cal Bar #264666 BARNES & BARNES 1900 State Street, Suite M Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 687‑6660 Attorneys for MARK WATSON, Administrator for of the Estate of JOHN A. ERNEST. Published Dec 20, 27 2018. Jan 3, 10 2019.

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: CRAIG CASE (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): an individual, and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: ROGER K. BOWER, Trustee of the ROGER K. BOWER REVOCABLE TRUST DATED MARCH 9, 2015 (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.g ov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.g ov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales papa presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida

al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (wwwlawhelpcalifornia. org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca. gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotasy los costos esentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el graveman de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. CASE NO: (Numero del Caso) 18CV04964 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA. COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 ANACAPA STREET, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA 93101 The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Robert B. Forouzandeh (Bar No. 247177), Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy LLP 1421 State Street, Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑966‑2440 DATE: Oct 10, 2018. Elizabeth Spann Deputy Clerk; Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer; Published. Nov 29, Dec 6, 13, 20 2018. SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): DANIEL M. DAVIS, an individual; KWA MOTORSPORTS, LLC, a California limited liability company; and Does 1 through 20, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): KEVIN SWIFT NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca. gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.g ov/

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NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS / REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE LED STREET LIGHTING PROJECT PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Goleta (“City”), is requesting qualifications and proposals to the Public Works Department. The City of Goleta requests that you submit your written response before 3:00 P.M. January 10, 2019 to: City of Goleta Public Works Department Attn: Michael Winnewisser 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, CA 93117 Faxes or any electronic format is not acceptable. Consultants shall submit three (3) copies of their proposal limited to ten (10) double-sided pages exclusive of cover letter, resumes, and references, one (1) copy should be an unbound reproducible copy. Copies of the request for qualifications / request for proposals (RFQ / RFP) will be available on Construction Bidboard, Inc. at http://www.ebidboard.com/, or at the City of Goleta website at http://www.cityofgoleta.org/i-want-to/view/city-bid-opportunities. Submissions must be delivered in a sealed envelope, with the cost proposal in a separate sealed envelope, plainly marked on the outside, “SEALED REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS / REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR LED STREET LIGHTING PROJECT. DO NOT OPEN WITH REGULAR MAIL.” All responsive proposals shall be reviewed and evaluated by the City to choose the consultant which best meets the City’s needs for the LED Street Lighting Project. Proposers must demonstrate the professional qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the required services set forth in the RFQ / RFP. Any questions should be forwarded to Michael Winnewisser, Assistant Engineer, by phone at (805) 690-5120, or by email at mwinnewisser@cityofgoleta.org. CITY OF GOLETA Deborah S. Lopez, City Clerk Published: Independent: December 6 and December 20, 2018 selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales papa presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (wwwlawhelpcalifornia. org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca. gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotasy los costos esentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el graveman de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. CASE NO: (Numero del Caso) 18CV0465 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 1035 Palm Street, Rm 385 San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney,

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or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Sean N. Nagel 248763 Diehl & Rodewald 1043 Pacific Street; 805‑541‑1000 DATE: July 27, 2018; 2: 06pm. C Linda McGurk Deputy Clerk; Published. Nov 29, Dec 6, 13, 20 2018.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): TROY VAN WILLIAM CLARK, DOE 1 and DOES 1‑40 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (Lo Esta Demandando El Demandante) JUAN MANUEL ROJAS RAMIREZ NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca. gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.g ov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contre sin escucher

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su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más information en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotes y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. CASE NO: 18CV04187 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es) SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT, 1100 Anacapa St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Renee J. Nordstrand: 33 W Mission St, #206, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 962‑2022 DATE (Fecha): August 23, 2018. By Elizabeth Spann, Deputy Published Dec 6, 13, 20, 27, 2018.

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